Cometh. Elijah cometh first. An abstract statement expressing the fact that Elijah's coming precedes in time the coming of the Messiah. It is a point of Jewish chronology; just as a teacher of history might say to his pupils, "The Saxons and Danes precede the Normans in England." Elijah had already come in the person of John the Baptist.
Verse Matthew 17:11. _ELIAS - SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS._] Or _will reform_, αποκαταστησει; this word our Lord quotes from the Septuagint; who render the Hebrew והשוב לב אבות על בנים _...
See also Mark 9:11. WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES ... - The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had taken away all their doubts, but they recollected th...
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...
,22,23 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them strict injunctions: "Tell no man about the vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
SHALL FIRST COME. cometh first. RESTORED WILL RESTORE. Not the same, but better. The noun occurs only in Acts 3:21. The verb occurs eight times: Matthew 12:13; Matthew 17:11.
_restore all things_ To restore is strictly to bring back to a lost perfection, then to develope, raise, to introduce a purer, nobler epoch; here specially to proclaim the kingdom of God. Cp. Acts 1:6...
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
ἩΛΊΑΣ ἜΡΧΕΤΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. ‘Elijah cometh and will restore all things,’ not _will_ come _first_ (A.V.). Our Lord’s words point to a fulfilment of Malachi 4:5, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ�, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴ...
VER 10. AND HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING, "WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES THAT ELIAS MUST FIRST COME?" 11. AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, "ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS. 12...
_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...
ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ AΠΟΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G600) восстанавливать, возвращать в прежнее состояние (_см._ TDNT; EDNT)....
DISCOURSE: 1378 ELIJAH’S ADVENT IN JOHN BAPTIST Matthew 17:10. And his Disciples asked him. saying. Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias tr...
ELIAS TRULY, &C.— _True, Elias was to come first, and to set all things right:_ Matthew 17:12. _But I tell you,_ &c....
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...
ELIJAH AND THE BAPTIST (Mark 9:11)....
ELIAS TRULY, etc.] RV 'Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things.' The future 'shall restore' is best explained as a quotation of the exact words of the scribes, and not as a prophecy that El...
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...
ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME. — Better, _cometh_ Our Lord’s words are obviously enigmatic in their form, and, as such, admit of two very different interpretations. Taken literally, as they have been b...
_Conversation while descending the hill_....
_The Transfiguration_ (Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)....
LACK OF FAITH REBUKED Matthew 17:9-21 As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indifferen...
"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...
_Shall... restore all things. According to St. John Chrysostom, Theophylactus, and others, these words signify that Elias shall restore all the Jews to the one true faith towards the end of the world;...
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 as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (10) And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then s...
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...
11._Elijah indeed will come first. _We have stated elsewhere the origin of that error which prevailed among the Jews. As John the Baptist was to resemble _Elijah _by restoring the fallen condition of...
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 JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... By way of concession, ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME: this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Malachi 4:5 o...
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. Ver. 11. _And restore all things_] viz. In Malachi's sense, _i.e._ not simply, absolutely, perfectly, for...
_His disciples asked_, &c. Being much surprised at the sudden departure of Elias, and at their Master's ordering them to keep his having appeared a secret, they had no sooner finished their dispute ab...
RESTORE ALL THINGS; set them in order, and bring them to a proper state for the coming of God as a Saviour....
The question of the disciples:...
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, ELIAS, TRULY, SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS....
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:13"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII And likewise, by Elijah, in this place, I do not understand the soul of that prophet but his spirit and his power; for these it is by which all things shall be...
Matthew 17:11 G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Indeed G3303 Elijah...
JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES DESCEND FROM THE MOUNTAIN. THE TRUTH ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST (17:9-13). As they were coming down from the mountain Jesus commanded silence about what they had seen until He had...
‘And he answered and said, “Elijah is indeed coming, and will restore all things, but I say to you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did to him whatever they would. Even so will...
Matthew 17:11. ELIJAH INDEED COMETH. Our Lord confirms the view, that Elijah should come (Malachi 4:5). SHALL RESTORE or ‘establish anew,' ALL THINGS. Comp. Malachi 4:6. The actual work of restoratio...
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 17:1. _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...
11-12. ELIJAH DOES INDEED COME FIRST. John the Baptist came in the "spirit" of Elijah. Compare Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5 with Mark 1:1-3. John was killed ...
_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,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:10 ELIJAH HAS ALREADY COME. See notes on Mal. 4:4–6; Matthew 11:14....
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 3:21; Luke 1:16; Luke 1:17; Luke 3:3; Malachi 4:6...
Regulate all things — In order to the coming of Christ....