Matthew 17:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus answered and said unto them,Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. ”

• Matthew 17:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See also Mark 9:11-13 . Why then say the scribes ... - The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had taken away all their doubts, but they re...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Transfiguration, and the Coming of Elijah ( Mark 9:2-13 *, Luke 9:28-36 ). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7 . The fe...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall first come . cometh first. restored will restore. Not the same, but better. The noun occurs only in Acts 3:21 . The verb occurs eight times: Matthew 12:13 ; Matthew 17:11 . Mark 3:5 ; M...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. Elijah indeed will come first. We have stated elsewhere the origin of that error which prevailed among the Jews. As John the Baptist was to resemble Elijah by restoring the fallen con...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1378 ELIJAH’S ADVENT IN JOHN BAPTIST Matthew 17:10-13 . And his Disciples asked him. saying. Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. Elias - shall first come, and restore all things - Or will reform, αποκαταστησει; this word our Lord quote...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Elias truly, &c.— True, Elias was to come first, and to set all things right: Matthew 17:12 . But I tell you, &c.

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• Matthew 17:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28-36 . The time of this sec...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Transfiguration 1-8. The Transfiguration ( Mark 9:2 ; Luke 9:28 ). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Elias truly shall first come. — Better, cometh Our Lord’s words are obviously enigmatic in their form, and, as such, admit of two very different interpretations. Taken literally, as they have bee...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Lack of Faith Rebuked Matthew 17:9-21 As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indi...

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• Matthew 17:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  "After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as spec...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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. (10) And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then...

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• Matthew 17:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jesus answered and said unto them ,.... By way of concession, Elias truly shall first come : this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Malachi...

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• Matthew 17:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. Ver. 11. And restore all things ] viz. In Malachi's sense, i.e. not simply, absolutely, perfectly, f...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  His disciples asked , &c. Being much surprised at the sudden departure of Elias, and at their Master's ordering them to keep his having appeared a secret, they had no sooner finished their dispu...

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• Matthew 17:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, a...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Transfiguration of Christ.       1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a hi...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 17:13 " .

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• Matthew 17:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus And The Disciples Descend From The Mountain. The Truth About John the Baptist (17:9-13). As they were coming down from the mountain Jesus commanded silence about what they had seen until He...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 17:1 . After six days .—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a da...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 17:1 . And after six days Luke says, «about an eight days after these sayings;» but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. «After six days,» and the first day was, probab...

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• Matthew 17:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 17:2 . He was transfigured before them. Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confesse...

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• Matthew 17:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And was transfigured before them. The mount of vision I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to u...

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• Matthew 17:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 17:1-40 The Transfiguration of Jesus . ( Mark 9:2-41 ; Luke 9:28-42 .) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who we...

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• Matthew 17:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The question of the disciples:

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• Matthew 17:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 3:21 ; Luke 1:16 ; Luke 1:17 ; Luke 3:3-14 ; Malachi 4:6

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• Matthew 17:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Regulate all things — In order to the coming of Christ.

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