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Luke 9:27
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25 aFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?  
26 aFor whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be bashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.  
27 aBut I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”  

Jesus Transfigured on the Mount

28 aNow it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.  
29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.
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Luke 9:27

Till they see (ewv an idwsin). Second aorist active subjunctive with ewv and an referring to the future, an idiomatic construction. So in Mark 9:1; Matthew 16:28. In all three passages "shall not taste of death" (ou mh geuswntai qanatou, double negative with aorist middle subjunctive) occurs also. Rabbinical writings use this figure. Like a physician Christ tasted death that we may see how to die. Jesus referred to the cross as "this cup" (Mark 14:36; Matthew 26:39; Luke 22:42). Mark speaks of the kingdom of God as "come" (elhluquian, second perfect active participle). Matthew as "coming" (erxomenon) referring to the Son of man, while Luke has neither form. See Matthew and Mark for discussion of the theories of interpretation of this difficult passage. The Transfiguration follows in a week and may be the first fulfilment in the mind of Jesus. It may also symbolically point to the second coming.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 9:27:

Mark 5:2
Luke 9:51
John 3:3
John 8:52
Hebrews 2:9

 

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