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Selected Verse: Matthew 17:9 - Strong Concordance

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Mt 17:9 Strong Concordance And [2532] as they [846] came down [2597] from [575] the mountain [3735], Jesus [2424] charged [1781] them [846], saying [3004], Tell [2036] the vision [3705] to no man [3367], until [2193] [3739] the Son [5207] of man [444] be risen again [450] from [1537] the dead [3498].
  King James 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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Tell the vision to no man - This vision was designed particularly to confirm them in the truth that he was the Messiah. While he was with them it was unnecessary that they should relate what they had seen. When he was crucified they would need this evidence that he was the Christ. Then they were to use it. There were three witnesses of it as many as the law required Deu 17:6; Heb 10:28, and the proof that he was the Messiah was clear. Besides, if they had told it then, it would have provoked the Jews and endangered his life. His time was not yet come.

Vision - Sight; appearance. What they had seen on the mount.

Charged them - Gave them a commandment.

The sole design of this transfiguration was to convince them that he was the Christ; that he was greater than the greatest of the prophets; that he was the Son of God.

Mark adds Mar 9:10, "they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean." The Pharisees believed that the dead would rise, and there is no doubt that the disciples believed it; but their views were not clear, and, in particular, they did not understand what he meant by his rising from the dead. They do not appear to have understood, though he had told them Mar 12:40 that he would rise after three days.
 
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40 Which devour [2719] widows [5503]' houses [3614], and [2532] for a pretence [4392] make [4336] long [3117] prayers [4336]: these [3778] shall receive [2983] greater [4055] damnation [2917].
10 And [2532] they kept [2902] that saying [3056] with [4314] themselves [1438], questioning one with another [4802] what [5101] the rising [450] from [1537] the dead [3498] should mean [2076].
28 He [5100] that despised [114] Moses [3475]' law [3551] died [599] without [5565] mercy [3628] under [1909] two [1417] or [2228] three [5140] witnesses [3144]:
6 At the mouth [06310] of two [08147] witnesses [05707], or three [07969] witnesses [05707], shall he that is worthy of death [04191] be put to death [04191]; but at the mouth [06310] of one [0259] witness [05707] he shall not be put to death [04191].
20 And [2532] Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto him [846], The foxes [258] have [2192] holes [5454], and [2532] the birds [4071] of the air [3772] have nests [2682]; but [1161] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] not [3756] where [4226] to lay [2827] his head [2776].
12 But [1161] I say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] Elias [2243] is come [2064] already [2235], and [2532] they knew [1921] him [846] not [3756], but [235] have done [4160] unto [1722] him [846] whatsoever [3745] they listed [2309]. Likewise [3779] shall [3195] also [2532] the Son [5207] of man [444] suffer [3958] of [5259] them [846].
13 Then [5119] the disciples [3101] understood [4920] that [3754] he spake [2036] unto them [846] of [4012] John [2491] the Baptist [910].
14 And [2532] when they [846] were come [2064] to [4314] the multitude [3793], there came [4334] to him [846] a certain man [444], kneeling down [1120] to him [846], and [2532] saying [3004],
15 Lord [2962], have mercy [1653] on my [3450] son [5207]: for [3754] he is lunatick [4583], and [2532] sore [2560] vexed [3958]: for [1063] ofttimes [4178] he falleth [4098] into [1519] the fire [4442], and [2532] oft [4178] into [1519] the water [5204].
16 And [2532] I brought [4374] him [846] to thy [4675] disciples [3101], and [2532] they could [1410] not [3756] cure [2323] him [846].
17 Then [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [2036], O [5599] faithless [571] and [2532] perverse [1294] generation [1074], how long [2193] [4219] shall I be [2071] with [3326] you [5216]? how long [2193] [4219] shall I suffer [430] you [5216]? bring [5342] him [846] hither [5602] to me [3427].
18 And [2532] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] the devil [1140]; and [2532] he [846] departed [1831] out of [575] him [846]: and [2532] the child [3816] was cured [2323] from [575] that very [1565] hour [5610].
19 Then [5119] came [4334] the disciples [3101] to Jesus [2424] apart [2596] [2398], and said [2036], Why [1302] could [1410] not [3756] we [2249] cast [1544] him [846] out [1544]?
20 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], Because [1223] of your [5216] unbelief [570]: for [1063] verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], If [1437] ye have [2192] faith [4102] as [5613] a grain [2848] of mustard seed [4615], ye shall say [2046] unto this [5129] mountain [3735], Remove [3327] hence [1782] to yonder place [1563]; and [2532] it shall remove [3327]; and [2532] nothing [3762] shall be impossible [101] unto you [5213].
21 Howbeit [1161] this [5124] kind [1085] goeth [1607] not [3756] out [1607] but [1508] by [1722] prayer [4335] and [2532] fasting [3521].
22 And [1161] while they [846] abode [390] in [1722] Galilee [1056], Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], The Son [5207] of man [444] shall be [3195] betrayed [3860] into [1519] the hands [5495] of men [444]:
27 For [1063] the Son [5207] of man [444] shall [3195] come [2064] in [1722] the glory [1391] of his [846] Father [3962] with [3326] his [846] angels [32]; and [2532] then [5119] he shall reward [591] every man [1538] according [2596] to his [846] works [4234].
20 Then [5119] charged he [1291] his [846] disciples [3101] that [2443] they should tell [2036] no man [3367] that [3754] he [846] was [2076] Jesus [2424] the Christ [5547].