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**said** = continued to say.
**Verily I say unto you** . See the four similar asseverations, [Matthew 10:23](../../../kjv/matthew/10/23) ; [Matthew 16:28](../../../kjv/matthew/16/28) , [Matthew 23:36](../../../kjv/matthew/23/36) , [Matthew 24:34](../../../kjv/matthew/24/34)
**Verily** = Amen. See note on [Matthew 5:18](../../../kjv/matthew/5/18) not the some word as in [Mark 9:1](../../../kjv/mark/9/1) [Mark 9:2](../../../kjv/mark/9/2) .
**not** = in no wise, or by no means. Greek. *ou me.* App-105 . This solemn asseveration was not needed for being kept alive six days longer. It looked forward to the end of that age.
**till** . Greek. *eos an.* The Particle "an" makes the clause conditional: this condition being the repentance of the nation at the call of Peter, [Acts 3:19-26](../../../kjv/acts/3/19-26) and Compare Mar 28:25 , Mar 28:26 .
**have seen** = may have seen. Greek. *eidon.* App-133 .
**the kingdom of God** . See App-114 .
**come** = actually come.
**with** = in. Greek. *en.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Mark 9:9](../../../kjv/mark/9/9) , [Mark 9:4](../../../kjv/mark/9/4) , [Mark 9:8](../../../kjv/mark/9/8) , [Mark 9:10](../../../kjv/mark/9/10) , [Mark 9:16](../../../kjv/mark/9/16) , [Mark 9:19](../../../kjv/mark/9/19) , [Mark 9:24](../../../kjv/mark/9/24) .

**after** . Greek. *meta.* App-104 . Exclusive reckoning. Compare [Luke 9:2](../../../kjv/luke/9/2) (inclusive).
**Jesus** . See App-98 .
**into** . Greek. *cis.* App-104 .
**transfigured** = transformed. Greek. *metmeoiphoa.* To change the form or appearance. Occurs only here, [Matthew 17:2](../../../kjv/matthew/17/2) ; [Romans 12:2](../../../kjv/romans/12/2) ; and [2 Corinthians 3:18](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/18) . Contrast *metaschematizo* , to transfigure, change the *figure,* shape, mien, &c. ([1 Corinthians 4:6](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/4/6) . 2Co 11:13 , [2 Corinthians 11:14](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/11/14) , [2 Corinthians 11:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/11/16) . [Philippians 1:3](../../../kjv/philippians/1/3) , [Philippians 1:21](../../../kjv/philippians/1/21) ). See App-149 .

**shining** = gleaming. Greek. *stilbo* . Occurs only here.
**snow.** The whiteness *of nature.*
**so as no fuller,** &c. A Divine supplement, here.
**no.** Greek. *on* . App-105 .
**on** . Greek. *epi* . App-104 .
**earth** . Greek. *ge* App-129 .
**can white them** = is able to whiten them. The whiteness of art.

**Elias** = Elijah. Compare [Malachi 4:4](../../../kjv/malachi/4/4) , [Malachi 4:5](../../../kjv/malachi/4/5) ,
**with** = together with. Greek. *sun.* App-104 . Not the some word as in verses: [Mark 9:8](../../../kjv/mark/9/8) , [Mark 9:10](../../../kjv/mark/9/10) , [Mark 9:19](../../../kjv/mark/9/19) , [Mark 8:24](../../../kjv/mark/8/24) , Mar 8:50 .
**Moses** . See note on [Mark 1:44](../../../kjv/mark/1/44) .

**answered and said.** See note on [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) .
**Master** = Rabbi. App-98 . Not the same word as in [Mark 9:17](../../../kjv/mark/9/17) .

**wist** = knew. Greek. *oida.* App-132 .
**not** . Greek. *ou* . App-105 . Same word as in verses: [Mark 9:18](../../../kjv/mark/9/18) , [Mark 9:28](../../../kjv/mark/9/28) , [Mark 9:30](../../../kjv/mark/9/30) , Mar 18:37 , Mar 18:39 , Mar 18:40 , Mar 18:44 , Mar 18:46 , Mar 18:48 . Not the same as in [Mark 1:39](../../../kjv/mark/1/39) , [Mark 1:41](../../../kjv/mark/1/41) .

**them** : i.e. Moses and Elijah.
**out of** = out from. Greek. *ek,* App-104 .
**My beloved Son** = My Son, the beloved.
**hear** = hear ye. Compare [Deuteronomy 18:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/19) .

**suddenly** . Greek. *exapina.* Occurs only here in N.T.
**with** = in company with. Greek. *meta.* App-104 .

**came** = were coming.
**from** = away from. Greek *apo.* App-104 .
**tell** = relate to.
**no man** = no one.
**the Son of man** See App-98 .
**were** = should have.
**from** = out from. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**the dead** . No Art. See App-139 .

**kept** = laid hold of and kept.
**with** = to. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**should mean** = is: i.e. "What is the rising from among [other] dead [people]? "

**Why say the scribes. ?** = Tho scribes say, &c.
**first.** See [Malachi 4:5](../../../kjv/malachi/4/5) , [Malachi 4:6](../../../kjv/malachi/4/6) .

**verily** = indeed. Greek. *men.* Not the same as in [Mark 9:1](../../../kjv/mark/9/1) .
**it is written** = it standeth written.
**of** = upon. Greek. *epi.* App-104 . Not the same as in [Mark 9:17](../../../kjv/mark/9/17) .
**must suffer** . See note on [Mark 8:31](../../../kjv/mark/8/31) .

**is . . . come** = has. . . come.
**have done** = did.
**listed** = desired, or liked. Greek. *thelo.* App-102 .

**to** . Gr pros. App-104 .
**multitude** = crowd.
**about** = around. Greek. *peri.* App-104 .
**the scribes** . This particularizing the scribes as questioners is a Divine supplement, here.

**And,** &c.: [Mark 9:15](../../../kjv/mark/9/15) and [Mark 9:16](../../../kjv/mark/9/16) are also a Divine supplement, here.
**straightway** . See notes on [Mark 1:10](../../../kjv/mark/1/10) , [Mark 1:12](../../../kjv/mark/1/12)
**people** = crowd. Same word as in [Mark 9:14](../../../kjv/mark/9/14) .
**beheld** = saw, as in [Mark 9:14](../../../kjv/mark/9/14) .
**were greatly amazed.** Greek. *ekthambeomai* = to be greatly astonished. Occurs only here; and [Mark 14:33](../../../kjv/mark/14/33) ; [Mark 16:5](../../../kjv/mark/16/5) , [Mark 16:6](../../../kjv/mark/16/6) .

**of** from among. Greek. *ek* . App-104 .
**Master** = = Teacher. App-98 . [Mark 9:1](../../../kjv/mark/9/1) . Not the same word as in [Mark 9:5](../../../kjv/mark/9/5) .
**unto** . Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**spirit** . Greek *pneuma.* App-101 .

**he taketh** = it seizeth hold of.
**he teareth him** = it dasheth him down.
**and** . Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton,* App-6 , emphasizing each detail.
**foameth** = foameth [at the mouth].
**gnasheth** = grindeth. This and "pineth away" are a Divine supplement, here.
**could not** = had not [the] power to.

**faithless** = without faith; not treacherous, but unbelieving.
**generation.** See note on [Matthew 11:16](../../../kjv/matthew/11/16) .
**suffer** = bear with.

**when he saw Him.** A Divine supplement, here.
**tare** = convulsed.
**wallowed foaming.** These details are Divine supplements, here,
**wallowed** = began to roll about.

**And He asked,** &c. verses: [Mark 9:21-27](../../../kjv/mark/9/21-27) are a Divine supplement, here.
**Of a child** = From childhood

**to** = in order to; or, that it might.
**if Thou canst** . No doubt is implied. See App-118 .
**compassion.** Relying on this rather than on the Lord's power.
**on** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**us** . Note the tender sympathy of the father.

**If thou canst** . Note how the Lord gives back the fathers question, with the same condition implied.
**believe** . Omitted by T Tr. [A] WH R; not by the Syriac all things. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* ( App-6 ). All things included in the promise.

**the child** . Greek. *paidion.* App-108 .
**cried out.** Inarticulate.
**and said** = began to say. Articulate.
**Lord** . App-98 . B. a.

**foul** = unclean.
**charge** = command.

**cried** = cried out.
**rent him** = threw him into convulsions.
**as one** = as though.
**said, He is** = said that he was.

**the** = a.
**him** = it.

**This kind** . Showing that there are different kinds of spirits.
**by.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**and fasting.** Omitted by LT [Tr. ] A WH R; not by the Syriac.

**passed through** = were passing along through.
**through** , i.e. not through the cities, but passed along through Galilee past them. Greek. *dia* App-104 , [Mark 9:1](../../../kjv/mark/9/1) .
**would** = wished. App-102 .

**He taught** = He began teaching [Imperf.) The continuation of [Mark 8:31](../../../kjv/mark/8/31)
**said unto them** = said unto them that.
**The Son of man.** See App-98 . This was the *second* announcement. See the Structure, "T", p. 1402.
**is** = will be, or, is to be. Figure of speech *Heterosis* (of Tense), App-6 .

**saying.** Greek. *rhema* (the first time it is thus rendered). *Rhema* denotes *a word, saying, or* sentence in its outward form, as made up of words (i.e. Parts of Speech): whereas logos denotes *a word* or saying as the expression of thought: hence, the thing spoken or written, the account, &c. given.

**And He came,** &c. 33-35. A Divine supplement, here.
**to** = into. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**in.** Greek. *en* . App-104 . Same as in verses: [Mark 9:36-41](../../../kjv/mark/9/36-41) , [Mark 9:50](../../../kjv/mark/9/50) ; not the same as in verses: [Mark 9:37](../../../kjv/mark/9/37) , [Mark 9:39](../../../kjv/mark/9/39) , [Mark 9:42](../../../kjv/mark/9/42) .
**disputed** = were discussing.
**among.** Greek. *pros.* App-104 .

**had disputed** = had been discussing.
**greatest** = greater.

**sat down** = took His seat (as Teacher).
**called.** Denoting solemnity in so doing.
**If any man,** &c. The condition is assumed as a fact. App-118 .
**desire.** Greek. *thelo* App-102 .
**shall be** = will be.
**servant.** Greek *diakonos, a* voluntary servant. Compare Eng. "deacon".

**when He had taken him in His arms** . This is all one verb *(enankalisamenos),* and Occurs only here.

**in.** *Greek. epi.* App-104 .

**John answered.** His conscience was touched; for he remembered what he had done, and confessed it.
**devils** = demons.

**not.** Greek *me.* App-105 .

**against.** Greek. *kata* . App-104 .
**on our part** = for ( *huper* = on our behalf. App-104 .) us.

**ye belong to Christ** = ye are Christ's.
**Christ** . App-98 .

**shall offend** = shall have caused to stumble.
**believe in** . See App-150 .
**better** = good.
**that** = if. A simple hypothesis. App-118 .:2.
**a millstone** = a great millstone (turned by an ass). Compare [Matthew 18:6](../../../kjv/matthew/18/6) ; [Luke 17:2](../../../kjv/luke/17/2) . A Greek and Roman punishment: not Jewish.

**if.** A contingent hypothesis. App-118 .
**offend** = (constantly) cause thee to stumble. Not the same word as in [Mark 9:42](../../../kjv/mark/9/42)
**life.** Greek. *zoe* ( App-170 .) With Art.: i.e. into resurrec tion life, or life eternal. See note on [Matthew 9:18](../../../kjv/matthew/9/18) .
**hell.** Greek. *Geenna.* See App-131 .
**the fire that never shall be quenched** = the fire, the unquenchable. Greek. *to pur to asbeston.* Compare [Matthew 3:12](../../../kjv/matthew/3/12) .

**worm.** See Iea. Mar 66:24 , and compare [Exodus 16:20](../../../kjv/exodus/16/20) . [Job 7:5](../../../kjv/job/7/5) ; Job 17:44 ; [Job 19:26](../../../kjv/job/19/26) ; [Job 21:26](../../../kjv/job/21/26) ; [Job 24:20](../../../kjv/job/24/20) . [Isaiah 14:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/11) . This verse and [Mark 9:46](../../../kjv/mark/9/46) are omitted by T (Tr. ] WH R, not the Syriac.

**halt** = lame.

**the kingdom of God** . See App-114 .
**hell fire** the *Geenna* of fire. See note on [Mark 9:43](../../../kjv/mark/9/43) .

**Where,** &c. This is included in all the texts; and is quoted from [Isaiah 66:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/24) .

**every one shall be salted with fire** . Occurs only here in N.T.
**every sacrifice** , &c. Some texts omit this clause, but not the Syriac Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 2:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/2/13) ). This is intro duced by "For", as a reason why the lesser (finite and temporal) evil is "good" compared with the greater (and final) evil. Every sacrifice is salted (to assist the burning), [Deuteronomy 29:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/23) . It is better therefore to endurethe *removal of* the stumbling-block now, than to be altogether destroyed for ever.

**but if** , &c. Figure of speech *Paraoemia* ( App-6 ).
**lost his saltness** = become saltless.
**wherewith** = with (Greek. *en.* App-104 .) what. Compare [Matthew 5:13](../../../kjv/matthew/5/13) ; [Luke 14:34](../../../kjv/luke/14/34) .
**season it?** = restore it?
**in** = within. (Greek. *en* ( App-104 .)
**one with another** = among (Greek. *en.* App-104 .) yourselves. This refers the whole *of vs.* 43-50 back to verses: [Mark 9:34](../../../kjv/mark/9/34) , [Mark 9:35](../../../kjv/mark/9/35) ; and shows that the stumbling-blocks mentioned in us. 43-47 are the things that destroy peace among brethren.

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