Teks -- Mark 9:1 (NET)

9:1 And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.”

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Robertson: Mar 9:1 - Till they see the kingdom of God come with power

Till they see the kingdom of God come with power ( heōs an idōsin tēn basileian tou theou elēluthuian en dunamei ).

In Mar 8:38 Jesus clearly is speaking of the second coming. To what is he referring in Mar 9:1? One is reminded of Mar 13:32; Mat 24:36 where Jesus expressly denies that anyone save the Father himself (not even the Son) knows the day or the hour. Does he contradict that here? It may be observed that Luke has only "see the kingdom of God,"while Matthew has "see the Son of man coming"(erchomenon , present participle, a process). Mark has "see the kingdom of God come"(elēluthuian , perfect active participle, already come) and adds "with power."Certainly the second coming did not take place while some of those standing there still lived. Did Jesus mean that? The very next incident in the Synoptic Gospels is the Transfiguration on Mount Hermon. Does not Jesus have that in mind here? The language will apply also to the coming of the Holy Spirit on the great Day of Pentecost. Some see in it a reference to the destruction of the temple. It is at least open to question whether the Master is speaking of the same event in Mar 8:38; Mar 9:1.

Wesley: Mar 9:1 - Till they see the kingdom of God coming with power

So it began to do at the day of pentecost, when three thousand were converted to God at once.

Clarke: Mar 9:1 - There be some

There be some - This verse properly belongs to the preceding chapter, and to the preceding discourse. It is in this connection in Mat 16:27-28 (note). See the notes there.

Defender: Mar 9:1 - kingdom of God

The fact that Matthew, Mark and Luke all record this remarkable promise immediately before the experience of Peter, James and John on the mount of transfiguration indicates that they understood the experience to be the fulfillment of the promise. In effect, the three disciples were translated in a vision (Mat 17:9) to the glory of the future kingdom (see notes on Mat 17:3, Mat 17:5, Mat 17:8)."

TSK: Mar 9:1 - That // taste // the kingdom

That : Mat 16:28; Luk 9:27

taste : Luk 2:26; Joh 8:51, Joh 8:52; Heb 2:9

the kingdom : Mat 24:30, Mat 25:31; Luk 22:18, Luk 22:30; Joh 21:23; Act 1:6, Act 1:7

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Poole: Mar 9:1 - Till they have seen the kingdom of God come

Mar 9:2-10 The transfiguration of Christ.

Mar 9:11-13 He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elias.

Mar 9:14-29 He casteth out a dumb and deaf spirit.

Mar 9:30-32 He foretells his own death and resurrection,

Mar 9:33-37 checks the ambition of his disciples,

Mar 9:38-50 bidding them to hinder no one from working miracles in

his name, and warning them to avoid offences.

To taste of death is the same with to die, or to begin to die, or to experience death: compare with this text Psa 34:8 Luk 14:24 Joh 8:52 Heb 2:9 6:4,5 1Pe 2:3 .

Till they have seen the kingdom of God come: our evangelist addeth, with power. It cannot be meant of the day of judgment, unless in the type of it, which was in the destruction of Jerusalem, (of which many understand it), for some of the apostles, more doubtless of Christ’ s disciples, outlived the fatal ruin of that once famous city. Others understand here by the kingdom of God Christ’ s resurrection from the dead, when Christ’ s kingdom began to be fully made known, Act 10:42 .

Lightfoot: Mar 9:1 - The kingdom of God coming in power

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.   

[The kingdom of God coming in power.] In Matthew, it is the Son of man coming in his kingdom. The coming of Christ in his vengeance and power to destroy the unbelieving and most wicked nation of the Jews is expressed under these forms of speech. Hence the day of judgment and vengeance:  

I. It is called "the great and terrible day of the Lord," Act 2:20; 2Th 2:2;3.  

II. It is described as "the end of the world," Jer 4:27; Mat 24:29; etc.  

III. In that phrase, "in the last times," Isa 2:2; Act 2:17; 1Ti 4:1; 2Pe 3:3; that is, in the last times of that city and dispensation.  

IV. Thence, the beginning of the "new world," Isa 65:17; 2Pe 3:13.  

V. The vengeance of Christ upon that nation is described as his "coming," Joh 21:22; Heb 10:37; his "coming in the clouds," Rev 1:7; "in glory with the angels," Mat 24:30; etc.  

VI. It is described as the 'enthroning of Christ, and his twelve apostles judging the twelve tribes of Israel,' Mat 19:28; Luk 22:30.  

Hence this is the sense of the present place: Our Saviour had said in the last verse of the former chapter Mar 8:38, "Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels," to take punishment of that adulterous and sinful generation. And he suggests, with good reason, that that his coming in glory should be in the lifetime of some that stood there.

Gill: Mar 9:1 - And he said unto them // verily I say unto you, there be some of them that stand here // which shall not taste of death // till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power

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 Mat 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.