MATTHEW 17:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.”
And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them: tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead. The descent brings the command to silence about the vision: tell no one until the Son of Man is raised from the dead. The transfiguration's glory makes sense only in the context of the resurrection — the suffering Christ who was transfigured will be raised from the dead, and then the vision can be shared as testimony to who he was. The resurrection is the context that makes the transfiguration interpretable.
Church Fathers on Matthew 17:9
While they thought only of an earthly tabernacle of boughs or tents, they are overshadowed by the covering of a bright cloud; 'While he yet spake there came a bright cloud and overshadowed them.
When the Lord threatens, He shews a dark cloud, as on Sinai [margin note: Ex 19:9,16]; but here where He sought not to terrify but to teach, there appeared a bright cloud.
The bright cloud overshadowing the Saints is the Power of the Father, or perhaps the Holy Spirit; or I may also venture to call the Saviour that bright cloud which overshadows the Gospel, the Law, and the Prophets, as they understand who can behold His light in all these three.
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