Mark 9:9 (WEB)
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Catechism · 1
“Jesus announces that the Son of man will have to suffer much, die, and then rise.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 8:31; 9:9-31; 10:34.
Fathers and councils · 17
Tertullian
“Deservedly, therefore, even while in the flesh, did the Lord show Himself to him, the colleague of His own fasts, no less than to Elijah.” — editor's note: See Matt. xvii. 1–13; Mark ix. 1–13; Luke ix. 28–36.
Read the whole comment“…husbandry is adultery; while, in the revelation of His own glory, He prefers, from among so many saints and prophets, to have with him Moses and Elias—the one a monogamist, the other a voluntary celibate (for Elias was nothing else than John, who came “in the power and spirit of Elias”); while that “man…” — editor's note: See Matt. xvii. 1–8; Mark ix. 2–9; Luke ix. 28–36.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Mark
After the shewing of the mystery on the mount, the Lord commanded His disciples, as they were coming down from the mount, not to reveal His transfiguration, before the glory of His Passion and Resurrection. Wherefore…
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Where He not only orders them to be silent, but mentioning His Passion, He implies the cause why they were to be silent.
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Which He did lest men should be offended, hearing such glorious things of Him Whom they were about to see crucified. It was not therefore fitting to say such things of Christ before He suffered, but after His…
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But they, being ignorant of the mystery of the resurrection, took hold of that saying, and disputed one with another. Wherefore there follows, “And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another…
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This, which is peculiar to Mark, means, that when death shall have been swallowed up in victory, we shall have no memory for the former things. It goes on, “And they asked Him, saying, “Why say the Scribes that Elias…
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The design of the disciples in asking this question seems to me to be this. We indeed have seen Elias with Thee, and have seen Thee before seeing Elias, but the Scribes say that Elias cometh first; we therefore…
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Or thus; the disciples thought that the change which they had seen in Him in the mount, was His transformation to glory; and they say, If Thou hast already come in glory, wherefore doth not Thy forerunner appear?…
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But what Christ answered to this, is seen by what follows, “And He answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things;” in which He shews that Elias will come before His second advent. For…
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Again, He will restore all things, that is to say, those things which Malachi points out, saying, “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart…
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Now the Lord puts this forward to oppose the notion of the Pharisees, who held that Elias was the forerunner of the first advent, shewing that it led them to a false conclusion; wherefore he subjoins, “And how it is…
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Or this, “And how it is written;” that is, in the same way as the prophets have written many things in various places concerning the Passion of Christ, Elias also, when he comes, is to suffer many things, and to be…
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Now as the Lord asserted that Elias was to be the forerunner of the second advent, so consequently He asserted that John was the forerunner of the first. Wherefore He subjoins, “But I say unto you, that Elias is…
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He calls John Elias, not because he was Elias in person, but because he fulfilled the ministry of Elias; for as the latter will be the forerunner of the second advent, so the former has been that of the first.
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For again, John rebuked vice, and was a zealous man, and a hermit like Elias; but they heard him not, as they will hear Elias, but killed him in wicked sport, and cut off his head. Wherefore there follows, “And they…
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Or else, the disciples asked Jesus, how it was written that the Son of man must suffer? Now in answer to this, He says, As John came in the likeness of Elias, and they evil intreated him, so according to the…
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Cross-references · 3
Parallel passages
Matthew 17:9 and Mark 9:9 share the same wording (12 words).
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Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).