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Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
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A Famous Puzzle
Scholars call this verse a "crux interpretum," or a famous puzzle. While the exact event Jesus predicted is debated, commentators agree on the core message: Jesus was assuring His disciples that His kingdom was not a distant, abstract idea. Some of them would live to see a powerful, undeniable demonstration of His kingly authority before they died.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Verily I say unto you, etc. To encourage them, He assured them that though His kingdom was now obscure and despised—though He was cast out…
Some of them that stand here (τινες των οδε εστωτων). A crux interpretum in reality. Does Jesus refer to the Transfiguratio…
19th Century
Anglican
There are some standing here who will not taste death... — The immediate sequence of this prediction—the vision of the So…
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Baptist
So near was that reign which would repay the losses of the saints for Christ’s sake that, before some of them died, the Lord would have held a rehe…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, Peter’s confession of Christ’s divinity was related; here, Christ commands silence for a time, specifically, that they do not say that He is…
