matthew-16:27-28,matthew-25:31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 16:28

The announcement of the kingdom’s appearing 16:28 (cf. Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27)Jesus revealed next that some of the disciples whom He addressed would not die until they saw Him coming in His kingdom. This prediction may at first appear to be very similar to the one in Matthew 10:23. However, that verse refers to something else, namely, Jesus’ reunion with His disciples following their preaching tour in Galilee.This verse (Matthew 16:28) cannot mean that Jesus returned to set up the messianic... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 16:28

16:28 that (l-13) 'Who are such as.' see ch. 2.6. Or 'who indeed.' see Note, Luke 9:30 . all (m-20) 'Not at all.' a strengthened negative. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 16:1-28

St. Peter’s great Confession1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16: see on Matthew 12:38). 1. Pharisees.. Sadducees] An unnatural and unholyalliance of men whose only bond of union was hatred of Jesus. The Sadducees had probably been sent from Jerusalem by the chief priests, but some regard them as the same as the Herodians mentioned by St. Mark, and, therefore, Galileans.From heaven] Jewish superstition held that the demons could work signs on earth, but that only God could... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 16:27

(27) For the Son of man shall come.—The fact stands in a logical relation to the preceding verse. The fact that the Son of Man is about to come to execute judgment, clothes its abstract statement with an awful certainty. No bribe can be offered to the Eternal Judge to change the sentence of forfeiture if that forfeiture has been rightfully incurred. From first to last in our Lord’s teaching (e.g., for its earlier stages, Matthew 7:23-24; John 5:26-27) this claim to be the future Judge of all... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 16:28

(28) There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death . . .—The immediate sequence of the vision of the Son of Man transfigured from the low estate in which He then lived and moved, into the “excellent glory” which met the gaze of the three disciples, has led not a few interpreters to see in that vision the fulfilment of this prediction. A closer scrutiny of the words must, however, lead us to set aside that interpretation, except so far as the Transfiguration bore witness to what... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 16:1-28

Spiritual Discernment Matthew 16:3 Jesus Christ found that He was in the midst of a number of weather-wise people; they were quite experts in the reading of the cloudy signs, they knew what the weather would be Today and perhaps tomorrow, and they published their forecasts of the weather; but when it came to higher reading, reading on another level, they were as moles and bats from whom the genius of daylight penetration had been withheld. Do we make one another up? do we hold varied... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 16:13-28

Chapter 13The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13-28; Matthew 17:1-21THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rejection by "His own" is now complete. Jerusalem, troubled at His birth, had been troubled once again when He suddenly came to His Temple, and began to cleanse it in His Father’s name; and though many at the feast were attracted by His deeds of mercy, He could not commit Himself to any of them:... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Matthew 16:1-28

4. The Great Announcements of the Rejected King Concerning Himself. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1-4 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5-12 .) 3. Peter's Confession. (Matthew 16:13-16 .) 4. The Future Building of the Church Announced. (Matthew 16:17-20 .) 5. The Announcement of His Death and Resurrection. (Matthew 16:21 .) 6. Peter's Rebuke and the Lord's Answer. (Matthew 16:22-23 .) 7. The Path of the Disciple. (Matthew 16:24-26 ... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 16:27

16:27 For the Son of man shall come {u} in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.(u) Like a King, as Matthew 6:29 . read more