Mark 9:1

1 And he sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: There be some of the that stonde here which shall not taste of deeth tyll they have sene the kyngdome of God come wt power.

Mark 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:1

And he said unto them
Both to his disciples, and the multitude,

verily I say unto you, there be some of them that stand here;
that were then living, and upon the spot,

which shall not taste of death,
or die,

till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
When Jesus was declared both Lord and Christ, by the wonderful effusion of the Holy Spirit; the Gospel spread in the world both among Jews and Gentiles, in spite of all opposition, under the power and influence of the grace of God, to the conversion of thousands of souls; and that branch of Christ's regal power exerted in the destruction of the Jewish nation; (See Gill on Matthew 16:28). This verse properly belongs to the foregoing chapter, to which it is placed in the Vulgate Latin version; and so it concludes one in Matthew, and ought not to begin a new chapter.

Mark 9:1 In-Context

1 And he sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: There be some of the that stonde here which shall not taste of deeth tyll they have sene the kyngdome of God come wt power.

2 And after .vi. dayes Iesus toke Peter Iames and Iohn and leede them vp into an hye mountayne out of ye waye alone and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his rayment dyd shyne and was made very whyte even as snowe: so whyte as noo fuller can make apon the erth.

4 And ther apered vnto them Helyas with Moses: and they talked with Iesu.

5 And Peter answered and sayde to Iesu: Master here is good beinge for vs let vs make .iii. tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Helyas.