Matthew 17:9

Matthew 17:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.”

Context of Matthew 17:9

7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. 8And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. 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. 10And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? 11And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things.

Matthew 17:9 word by word

Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων· μηδενὶ εἴπητε τὸ ὅραμα ἕως οὗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγερθῇ.¶Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• asκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the mountainὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the mountainὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• chargedἐντέλλωentellomai · to orderG1781
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• the visionὅραμαhorama · visionG3705
• to no manμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• be risen againἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498

Cross-references for Matthew 17:9

• Matthew 16:20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
• Mark 8:30And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
• Mark 9:9And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
• Luke 8:56And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
• Luke 9:21And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
• Matthew 17:23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
• Matthew 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
• Luke 18:33And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
• Luke 24:46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

Commentaries on Matthew 17:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Tell the vision to no man - See the note on Matthew 16:20; and farther observe, that as this transfiguration was intended to show forth the final abolition of the whole ceremonial law, it was necessary that a matter which could not fail to irritate the Jewish rulers and people should be kept secret, till Jesus had accomplished vision and prophecy by his death and resurrection. The whole of this emblematic transaction appears to me to be intended to prove…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Tell the vision to no man - This vision was designed particularly to confirm them in the truth that he was the Messiah. While he was with them it was unnecessary that they should relate what they had seen. When he was crucified they would need this evidence that he was the Christ. Then they were to use it. There were three witnesses of it as many as the law required Deuteronomy 17:6; Hebrews 10:28, and the proof that he was the Messiah was clear. Besides…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9People could not fully understand Jesus until he completed his work, especially his death and resurrection.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 17:9

• Jesus, the Christ
• Mountain
• Transfiguration
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Son of man
• Betray
• Cure
• Peter
• Tabernacle
• Talking
• Christ, Offices of
• Elijah

Commentaries on Matthew 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings