Luke 9:27

ὧδε. (Rec[189]) A more commonplace reading than αὐτοῦ, אBL, &c.

[189] Rec. The Textus Receptus.

27. ἀληθῶς. St Luke more generally has ἐπ' ἀληθείας, but see Luke 12:41; Luke 21:3.

αὐτοῦ. Here. See critical note. It is an adverb formed by a gen. of place like οὗ, ποῦ, &c. See note on Luke 5:19; Luke 19:4.

γεύσωνται θανάτου. In the Arabian poem, Antar, Death is represented as slaying men by handing them a cup of poison. This was a common Eastern metaphor.

τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ. St Mark (Mark 9:1) adds “coming in power.” St Matthew (Matthew 16:28) says, “till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom.” It is clear that the primary reference of these words was to the three Apostles who, within a week of that time, were to witness the Transfiguration. So it seems to be understood in 2 Peter 1:16, and by our Translators, who separate this verse to preface the narrative of the Transfiguration in Mark 9:1. The significance of the “kingdom” was therefore mainly spiritual, and the verse has an important bearing on the prophecies of the Second Advent (see Matthew 24:14-15; Matthew 24:30). It was again fulfilled at the Resurrection and Ascension; and in the person of one disciple—St John—it was fulfilled when he lived to witness the close of the Old Dispensation in the destruction of Jerusalem.