Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 9:34
A cloud came and overshadowed them all. And they, the apostles, feared, while they (Moses and Elijah) entered into the cloud, which took them away.
A cloud came and overshadowed them all. And they, the apostles, feared, while they (Moses and Elijah) entered into the cloud, which took them away.
See an account of the transfiguration in Matthew 17:1, and Mark 9:2. Luke 9:29 THE FASHION - The “appearance.” GLISTERING - Sh
CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 9:1-50 _ 1. Christ Sends Forth the Twelve Apostles. (Luke 9:1)_ 2. Herod Perplexed. (Luke 9:7) 3. The Return of the Apostles. (Luke 9:10) 4. The Feeding of the Five Thousand. ...
THE TRANSFIGURATION (Mark 9:2 *, Matthew 17:1 *). Again Jesus is pictured as praying. The theme of His conversation with Moses and Elijah is given, viz. His decease (lit., exodus; significant in conne...
About eight days after these words, Jesus took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray. While he was praying the appearance of his face became different and his clothing became wh...
EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...
THERE CAME. there came to be. OVERSHADOWED. enveloped. The word Occurs only here, Luke 1:35.Matthew 17:5.Mark 9:7; Acts 5:15. THEM: i.e. the thre
_there came a cloud, and overshadowed them_ "A bright cloud," Matthew 17:5. Possibly the Sheckinah, or cloud of glory (see on Luke 1:35), which was the symbol of the Divine Presence (Exodus 33:9;...
THE TRANSFIGURATION...
ΝΕΦΈΛΗ. “A bright cloud,” Matthew 17:5. Possibly the Shekinah, or cloud of glory (see on Luke 1:35), which was the symbol of the Divine Presence (Exodus 33:9; 1 Ki
Ver 32. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33. And it came to pass, as they departed from h...
_GAINING LIFE BY GIVING OUR LIFE TO JESUS -- LUKE 9:21-36:_ A great evidence of Christian character is the spirit and practice of self-denial. Jesus said, "If any man will come after me, let him deny...
ΈΠΕΣΚΊΑΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΣΚΙΆΖΩ (G1982) осенять. Inch. _impf._ ΈΦΟΒΉΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399) бояться, ΕΊΣΕΛΘΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf., см._ Luke 9:4. _Inf._ с _предл._...
THERE CAME A CLOUD,— _A bright cloud,_ St. Matthew calls it, Matthew 17:5 and St. Peter, _the excellent glory,_ 2 Peter 1:17 whence we conclude, that it must have been the _Shechinah,_ or visible symb...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36) 28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And as he was...
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. WHILE HE THUS SPAKE, THERE CAME A CLOUD - not one of our watery clouds, but the Shech...
21-25 Compare Mat_16:19-26; Mar_8:30-37. 23 With His prospects changed from a glorious kingdom to one of rejection and death, those of His disciples are altered, also. It will cost them much to follow...
9:34 overshadowed (e-13) See Note, Matthew 17:5 . they (f-19) Some authorities read 'those,' but I have put 'they' (i.e. the disciples (Ed.)), with other authorities, as it seems a change made to refe...
THE TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2). See on Mt....
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. PETER'S CONFESSION. THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-6. Mission of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5; Mark 6:7). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS SENDS OUT THE 12 *APOSTLES 9:1-10 V1 Jesus called the 12 *apostles together. He gave them power and authority over all *demons and diseases....
(28-36) AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 17:1, and Mark 9:2. St. Luke’s way of reckoning, “about an eight days,” where the other two Gospels give “after six days,” is interesting, as throwi...
CHAPTER 18 THE TRANSFIGURATION. The Transfiguration of Christ marks the culminating point in the Divine life; the few remaining months are a rapid descent into the Valley of Sacrifice and Death. The...
CHAPTER 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and see i...
It is not clear who were enveloped by the cloud. If the reading ἐκείνους before εἰσελθεῖν were retained it would imply that the three disciples were outside; αὐτοὺς, the reading of [92], etc., implies...
_The transfiguration_ (Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13)....
Luke 9:1-50 contain sundry particulars which together form the closing scenes of the Galilean ministry: the mission of the Twelve, the feeding of the thousands, the conversation on the Christ and the...
A GLIMPSE OF GLORY Luke 9:28-36 From some aspects this was the highest point in our Savior's earthly career. He was the second Adam and had not sinned. There was no reason, therefore, that He should...
As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power they...
CHAPTER 37 TRANSFIGURATION Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36. Mark: “And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain, privately,...
4. _The Transfiguration: Luke 9:28-36_. There is but one allusion to this event in the whole of the N. T. (2 Peter 1), which proves that it has no immediate connection with the work of salvation. On t...
FOURTH CYCLE: FROM THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE TO THE DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE, LUKE 9:1-50. This cycle describes the close of the Galilean ministry. It embraces six narrations: 1 _st._ The mission of the...
3 _d. Luke 9:34-36_. _The Divine Voice._ Here we have the culminating point of this scene. As the last sigh of the dying Christian is received by the Lord, who comes for him (John 14:3; Acts 7:55-56),...
(28) And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. (29) And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was alt...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE OVERSHADOWING CLOUD_ ‘There came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.’ Luke 9:34 How like were the disciples then to some of us who are Christ’s disc...
In chapter 9 the Lord charges the disciples with the same mission in Israel as that which He Himself fulfilled. They preach the kingdom, heal the sick, and cast out devils. But this is added, that the...
WHILE HE THUS SPAKE THERE CAME A CLOUD,.... While Peter was making the above request, before an answer was returned, a cloud appeared, a very uncommon one, as a symbol of the divine presence: "and ove...
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Pete...
_It came to pass about eight days after_ Including the day on which the discourse, recorded in the preceding chapter, was delivered, and that on which the fact, here mentioned, took place: otherwise,...
The transfiguration of Christ. Matthew 17:1-9; MARK 9:2-10....
The voice from heaven:...
WHILE HE THUS SPAKE, THERE CAME A CLOUD AND OVERSHADOWED THEM; AND THEY FEARED AS THEY ENTERED INTO THE CLOUD....
THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and its...
28-36 Christ's transfiguration was a specimen of that glory in which he will come to judge the world; and was an encouragement to his disciples to suffer for him. Prayer is a transfiguring, transform...
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Luke 9:34 While G1161 he G846 saying G3004 (G5723) this G5023 cloud G3507 came G1096 (G5633) and...
‘And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared as they entered into the cloud.' And even while he was speaking a cloud came down and overshadowed ‘them'. T...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORD (9:33-36). The Jews walk on blindly, seeking signs and coming under the condemnation of these men of old for not responding to Jesus' words, but in contrast His disciples are to...
Luke 9:34. AS THEY (_i.e._, Moses, Elijah, and our Lord) ENTERED THE CLOUD. The fear was a growing one, beginning as they saw the company (Mark), increasing as that company entered the cloud (Luke), c...
Luke 9:28-36. THE TRANSFIGURATION. See on Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-8. ABOUT EIGHT DAYS (Luke 9:28). About a week = ‘after six days' (Matthew, M
CONTENTS. This section presents ‘the glory of the Son of man confessed on earth and ratified from heaven.' Luke is much briefer than Matthew and Mark. He omits the promise to Peter (with Mark), and al...
OVERSHADOWED THEM (επεσκιαζεν αυτους). Imperfect active (aorist in Matthew 17:5) as present participle in Mark 9:7, inchoative, the shadow began to come upon them. On Hermon as on many high mountain...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent forth to preach and their return. 5000 fed. Peter's confession of Christ. The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the demon ridden boy. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism...
Luke 9:1. _He called his twelve disciples together,_ privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in Isaia...
ABOUT A WEEK AFTER HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS. [A week ends as the eighth day begins.] Luke tells us that Jesus went up a hill _to pray,_ and that _while he was praying_ the Transfiguration took place....
_He took Peter, and John, and James_ THE TRANSFIGURATION I. THE SCENE OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. II. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. 1. Its intent touching Jesus. To strengthen and brace His spir...
_They feared as they entered into the cloud_ ENTERING THE CLOUD I. THE GLOOM OF THE CLOUD OFTEN SUCCEEDS THE GLADNESS OF THE LIGHT. Delight even in our divines, experiences is not to be all. These d...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:33 LET US MAKE THREE TENTS. This suggestion is a mistake, as indicated by Luke’s comment (NOT KNOWING WHAT HE SAID). The CLOUD shows that God is present (see note on
JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN MATTHEW 17:1-13; MARK 9:2-13; LUKE 9:28-36; MATTHEW 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, Jame
CHAPTER 9 Ver. 8. _One of the old prophets was risen again._ As Enoch and Elias will rise again before the end of all things, to resist Antichrist. In like manner as Peter, Bishop and Martyr, the son...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 9:28. ABOUT AN EIGHT DAYS.—_I.e._ including the day on which the words were spoken and the day on which they were fulfilled. St. Mark says “six days,” reckoning the intervening t...
EXPOSITION LUKE 9:1 _The Master sends out the twelve on a mission_. LUKE 9:1 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. The Galilee ministry was just over; _outwardly_ it had been a triumphant...
Let's turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 9. Luke here records the sending of the twelve to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. This is not to be confused with the...
Daniel 10:8; Exodus 14:19; Exodus 14:20; Exodus 40:34; Isaiah 19:1;...
A cloud. "A strange peculiarity has been noticed about Hermon, in the extreme rapidity of the formation of cloud on the summit. In a few minutes a thick cap forms over the top of the mountain, and as...
WHAT KIND OF A CHRISTIAN AM I? Luke 9:32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the ninth chapter of Luke, we have at least nine marks of carnality displayed by the disciples. We will introduce the study by noting...