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As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen again from the dead.
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The Purpose of the Silence
Commentators explain that Jesus commanded silence to manage Messianic expectations. Proclaiming His full glory before His crucifixion would have encouraged the popular but mistaken idea of a political, conquering Messiah. The path to glory had to go through the suffering of the cross first, and only after the resurrection would this vision be properly understood.
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Save when (ε μη οταν). Matthew has "until" (εως ου).
Should have risen (αναστη). Second aorist active subj…
19th Century
Anglican
And as they came down from the mountain.—See Notes on Matthew 17:9-13.
Baptist
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen…
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On the way down the mountain, Jesus gave the three disciples orders to keep their experience of the Transfiguration secret till after the resurrect…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as they came down from the mountain Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, whom he led up there…
Presbyterian
Here is a prediction of the near approach of Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to …
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