Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Matthew 17:8
Lifting up their eyes
(επαραντες τους οφθαλμους αυτων). After the reassuring touch of Jesus and his words of cheer.Jesus only
(Ιησουν μονον). Moses and Elijah were gone in the bright cloud.
Lifting up their eyes
(επαραντες τους οφθαλμους αυτων). After the reassuring touch of Jesus and his words of cheer.Jesus only
(Ιησουν μονον). Moses and Elijah were gone in the bright cloud.
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
THE TRANSFIGURATION, AND THE COMING OF ELIJAH (Mark 9:2 *, Luke 9:28). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7. The fear of the disci...
Six days after, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brought them by themselves to a high mountain, and his appearance was changed in their presence. His face shone like the sun, and...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
NO MAN. no one. SAVE. except, used for _alla_ (= but). See note on "but", Matthew 20:23. ONLY. alone....
_they saw no man, save Jesus only_ Christ, who came to fulfil the Law and the Prophets, is left alone. To His voice alone the Church will listen....
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
ΤῸΝ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν ΜΌΝΟΝ. Christ, who came to fulfil the Law and the Prophets, is left alone. To His voice alone the Church will listen....
Ver 5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." 6. And when the...
_JESUS IN HIS GLORY, TRANSFIGURED MATTHEW 17:1-13:_ It was probably on Mount Hermon that the transfiguration took place. Jesus had gone up on this mountain to pray. Luke describes it this way, "Now it...
ΈΠΆΡΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΠΑΊΡΩ (G1869) поднимать, ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708). ΕΊ ΜΉ (G1487; G3361) кроме. Преображение является откровением и дает божественное подтверждение тому,...
AND WHEN THEY HAD LIFTED UP THEIR EYES, &C.— This transfiguration of our Lord was intended for several important purposes. About six days before it happened, Jesus had predicted his own sufferings and...
Section 42 TRANSFIGURED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN JESUS SHOWS HIS GLORY TO PETER, JAMES AND JOHN (Parallels: Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36) TEXT: 17:1-13 1 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and Jam...
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28. The time of this section is su...
28 See 2Pe_1:16-18. 28 This prediction was fulfilled about a week later when He took His most intimate disciples with Him and they saw His power and presence and were spectators of His magnificence (2...
THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-8. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at was tha...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
THEY SAW NO MAN, SAVE JESUS ONLY. — The words, following as they do upon the “Be not afraid,” imply a marked contrast to Peter’s rash utterance. It was _not_ “good” for frail men such as they were to...
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13; Matthew 17:1 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rej...
_The Transfiguration_ (Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)....
nd so ends the vision. ἐπάραντες τ. ὀ., etc., raising their eyes they see no one but Jesus. Moses and Elias gone, and Jesus in His familiar aspect; the dazzling brightness about face and garments vani...
νεφέλη φωτεινὴ, a luminous cloud, still a cloud capable of casting a shadow, though a faint one (“non admodum atram,” Fritzsche). Some, thinking a shadow incompatible with the light, render ἐπεσκίασεν...
JESUS SHOWS DIVINE GLORY Matthew 17:1-8 _Moses'_ face shone after having absorbed the divine glory, as some diamonds burn with sunlight after being carried into a dark room. _Stephen's face_ shone be...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
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,...
"And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. (7) And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. (8) And when they had lifted up their eyes, th...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE CATHOLIC FAITH_ ‘Jesus only.’ Matthew 17:8 I. THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH.—In the midst of all our labour, in the midst of all our wonderful achievements, in the midst of all our fancy religions...
8._They saw no man but Jesus only. _When it is said that in the end they saw Christ _alone_, this means that the Law and the Prophets had a temporary glory, that Christ alone might remain fully in vie...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
AND WHEN THEY HAD LIFT UP THEIR EYES,.... And "looked round about", as Mark says, to see whether the same objects still continued, as Moses and Elias; and the bright cloud: THEY SAW NO MAN; neither M...
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. Ver. 8. _Save Jesus alone_] To teach them that Moses and Elias, the law and prophets, vail bonnet to Christ; that there is bu...
_While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them_ Such, probably, as took possession first of the tabernacle, and afterward of Solomon's temple, when those holy places were consecrated. S...
AND WHEN THEY HAD LIFTED UP THEIR EYES, THEY SAW NO MAN SAVE JESUS ONLY. The divine voice, the voice of the pure and just God, was too much for the poor, sinful mortals, who, as long as they are cloth...
The conclusion of the phenomenon:...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
1-13 Now the disciples beheld somewhat of Christ's glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. It was intended to support their faith, when they would have to witness his crucifixion; and would giv...
Ver. 6-8. Mark saith no more than, _And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves._ Such is the majesty and glory of God, that a cloud will...
Matthew 17:8 G1161 up G1869 (G5660) their G846 eyes G3788 saw G1492 (G5627) one G3762 but...
‘And Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.” And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.' The three disciples had been so very much afraid at the realisat...
Matthew 17:8. SAVE JESUS ONLY. Without Moses and Elijah. The hour of glory was over, and the Lord now in His usual lowliness, resumed His intercourse with them, and returned to the labors of His minis...
After our Lord's prediction of His sufferings and hint of His glory (chap. Matthew 16:21-28), three chosen disciples receive a supernatural testimony and pledge of that glory. But the primary purpose...
Matthew 17:8 The Transfiguration, with all its heavenly loveliness, its purity, its fellowship, and its glory, had evidently not been an unmixed enjoyment to the three men who were elected to see it....
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days_ Luke says, «about an eight days after these sayings;» but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. «After six days,» and the first day was, probably,...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
NO ONE ELSE EXCEPT JESUS. The vision of the supernatural was ended....
_And was transfigured before them._ THE MOUNT OF VISION I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to us,...
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 17 _And after six days_, &c. There seems to be here a discrepancy with Luke 9:28, who says, _it came to pass about an eight days after these things._ S. Jerome answers, "The solution is simple...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:1. AFTER SIX DAYS.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is c...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
Acts 12:10; Acts 12:11; Luke 9:36; Mark 9:8...