Mark 9:9

9 And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Mark 9:9 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:9

And as they came down from the mountain
Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, whom he led up thither:

he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had
seen;
on the mount, as the transfiguration of himself, the persons of Moses and Elias, and the bright cloud from whence the voice came, which bore testimony of Christ's sonship: he ordered to keep the whole of this a secret from every man, even from their fellow disciples,

till the Son of man were risen from the dead;
(See Gill on Matthew 17:9).

Mark 9:9 In-Context

7 And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus alone.

9 And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.

11 And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were coming down")