Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 9:7-8

"And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him. And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves." — Mark 9:7-8 (ASV)

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

Moses is gone, and Elias is gone, but Jesus remains; and it is much the same with us now, and we are quite content that all others should go that we may have "Jesus only." If he is with us, we have the best company in the world.

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

And although this was not so captivating or so astonishing a sight, yet it was more encouraging to them—something which they could more easily bear with joy and peace: they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. May God grant to us, as long as we are here on earth, that if no Moses or Elias shall ever come to visit us, at any rate Jesus may never be absent from us! May our fellowship with him be unbroken!