Mark 9:1-29 ASV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:1

This verse is the positive truth whereas Mark 8:38 expresses the negative. It concludes Jesus’ solemn warnings in this pericope on an encouraging note. Some standing in that mixed audience would not experience death before they saw a preview of the kingdom that the Son of Man would establish after He came in glory (Mark 8:38; cf. 2 Peter 1:16-19). Those individuals were Peter, James, and John (Mark 9:2-8).This pericope should warn unbelievers and believers alike. It is also an encouragement to... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:2-4

Mark’s account is almost identical to Matthew’s here. He added that Jesus’ garments became whiter than any human launderer could make them. This reflects an eyewitness’s testimony if nothing else. Perhaps the reference to six days followed by revelation should recall Exodus 24:15-16. Moses was on Mt. Sinai for six days and then God revealed Himself on the seventh. This is the most precise date in Mark’s Gospel before the passion story. It also connects this fulfillment with Jesus’ prediction in... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:2-8

3. The Transfiguration 9:2-8 (cf. Matthew 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36)This event not only fulfilled Jesus’ prediction in Mark 9:1, but it also confirmed what Peter had confessed in Mark 8:29. Despite Jesus’ coming death (Mark 8:31-32), it assured His disciples of eventual glory (Mark 8:38). Jesus had just finished addressing a wide audience (Mark 8:34). Now He spoke to a very narrow one (Mark 9:2)."The transfiguration scene develops as a new ’Sinai’ theophany with Jesus as the central figure." [Note:... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:5-6

Mark explained Peter’s blunder in Mark 9:5 in Mark 9:6. He did it more fully than Luke did. Matthew did not give a reason for Peter’s words. Again Peter opposed Jesus’ sufferings and death, though he was not fully aware of what he was doing (cf. Mark 8:32). He evidently believed that Jesus was going to set up His kingdom immediately (cf. Acts 1:6). read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:7-8

A cloud frequently pictured God’s presence and protection in the Old Testament (e.g., Exodus 16:10; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 24:15-16; Exodus 33:1). The heavenly voice assured the disciples that even though the Jews would reject Jesus and the Romans would execute Him, He was still pleasing to the Father (cf. Mark 1:11). [Note: Plummer, p. 215.] It also helped these disciples understand Jesus’ superiority over the greatest of God’s former servants (cf. Deuteronomy 18:15; Psalms 2:7; Isaiah 42:1).... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:9

Jesus again commanded secrecy (cf. Mark 1:34; Mark 1:43-44; Mark 3:11-12; Mark 5:43; Mark 7:36; Mark 8:30). William Wrede developed the view that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah and that the early church originated that idea. [Note: William Wrede, The Messianic Secret.] Mark, he argued, invented incidents in which Jesus commanded secrecy about His messiahship to resolve this contradiction. Most conservative scholars have rejected this theory because the evidence for Jesus’ messiahship is... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:9-13

4. The coming of Elijah 9:9-13 (cf. Matthew 17:9-13)The appearance of Elijah on the mountain led to a discussion of his role as Messiah’s forerunner. This conversation developed as the disciples followed Jesus down the mountain. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:10

The Old Testament taught a resurrection of the dead (Psalms 16; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; cf. John 11:24), but the disciples could not harmonize that revelation with Jesus’ statement that He would rise three days after He died (Mark 8:31). The whole idea of Messiah dying was incomprehensible to them. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:11

Rather than asking for clarification about the resurrection issue, the disciples raised questions about the larger problem of Messiah dying. If Jesus was the Messiah and He would die, what did the scribes’ teaching about Elijah being the forerunner of Messiah mean (Malachi 3:1-4; Malachi 4:5-6)? They taught that he would turn the hearts of the people back to God (cf. Malachi 4:6), but Elijah had not appeared and most of the people had not repented. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:12

Jesus affirmed the scribes’ interpretation of the prophecy about Elijah. He went on to explain that that interpretation did not invalidate what He had just predicted about His own sufferings and shameful rejection (Psalms 22; Isa_52:13 to Isa_53:12). read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:2-4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:2-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:5-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:7-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:9-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 9:12

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