Some of them that stand here (τινες των οδε εστωτων). A crux interpretum in reality. Does Jesus refer to the Transfiguratio…

Verily I say unto you, etc. To encourage them, He a ured them that though His kingdom was now obscure and despised—though He was cast out …

There are some standing here who will not taste death... — The immediate sequence of this prediction—the vision of the So…

By this, I suppose he meant that they should see him in his majesty—that, notwithstanding the cross, they should see something of his crown of glor…

St. John Chrysostom: Because He had said, Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will sav…

For the interpretation of this verse, see comments on 10:23 and Mk 9:1. It seems best to take this verse as having a general reference to the manif…

Truly, I say to you. As the disciples might still hesitate and ask when that day would be, our Lord encourages them with the direct assura…

Verily I say unto you &c.] This is a strong asseveration, Christ puts his "Amen" to it; declaring it to be a certain trut…

A true disciple of Christ is one who follows him in duty, and will follow him to glory. He is one who walks in the same way Christ walked, is led b…

Above, Peter’s confe ion of Christ’s divinity was related; here, Christ commands silence for a time, specifically, that they do not say that He is …