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Selected Verse: Mark 9:15 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 9:15 |
King James |
And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And straightway all the people--the multitude.
when they beheld him, were greatly amazed--were astounded.
and running to him saluted him--The singularly strong expression of surprise, the sudden arrest of the discussion,and the rush of the multitude towards Him, can be accounted for by nothing less than something amazing in His appearance. There can hardly be any doubt that His countenance still retained traces of His transfiguration-glory. (See Exo 34:29-30). So BENGEL, DE WETTE, MEYER, TRENCH, ALFORD. No wonder, if this was the case, that they not only ran to Him, but saluted Him. Our Lord, however, takes no notice of what had attracted them, and probably it gradually faded away as He drew near; but addressing Himself to the scribes, He demands the subject of their discussion, ready to meet them where they had pressed hard upon His half-instructed and as yet timid apostles. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Were greatly amazed (ἐξεθαμβήθησαν)
A word peculiar to Mark. See Introduction. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
All the multitude seeing him were greatly amazed - At his coming so suddenly, so seasonably, so unexpectedly: perhaps also at some unusual rays of majesty and glory, which yet remained on his countenance. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Were greatly amazed - Probably, because he came so unexpectedly; but the cause of this amazement is not self-evident. |
29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.