Mark 8:1. The same prediction is found in the accounts of Matthew and Luke. From the account before us (Mark 8:34) we see that those standing by included more than the disciples.

In power. Peculiar to Mark, and characteristic since he presents our Lord mainly in His power. The coming referred to was probably at the day of Pentecost, or the destruction of Jerusalem, and the consequent triumph of Christianity, as a religion distinct from Judaism (see on Matthew 16:28). This would be not simply with power, but in power, i.e., its principal manifestation would be an exhibition of power.

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