Mark 9:10

“And they kept that saying with themselves, etc..] “They retained it in their own mind”, as the Persic version renders it; “they kept [it] close”, as Luke says, (<420936>Luke 9:36), among themselves, and acquainted no man with it: and which refers either to the whole of Christ's charge, relating to the vision on the mount; or else only to what he said about his resurrection from the dead; and which they took notice of particularly, and laid hold upon, as the word will bear to be rendered; and so the Ethiopic version does render it, “and they observed his saying”; what he last said concerning the son of man's rising from the dead; questioning with one other what the rising from the dead should…”

“And after six days ... - See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:1-9. Mark 9:3 No fuller - Rather, no “scourer.” The office of the person here mentioned was to “scour” or “whiten” cloth; not to “full” it, or to render it thicker. Mark 9:6 He wist not - He “knew not.” He was desirous of saying something, and he knew not what would be proper. return to 'Top of Page'”

“9:10 Only after the fact did the three disciples understand what Jesus meant by “rising from the dead.””

“they: Gen 37:11; Luk 2:50, Luk 2:51, Luk 24:7, Luk 24:8; Joh 16:17-19 what: Mar 9:32; Mat 16:22; Luk 18:33, Luk 18:34, Luk 24:25-27; Joh 2:19-22, Joh 12:16, Joh 12:33, Joh 12:34; Joh 16:29, Joh 16:30; Act 17:18 Mark 9:11”