And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Bengel notices the 'sweet antithesis' here between the two sights-his "seeing the Lord's Christ" before he should "see death." How would the one sight gild the gloom of the other! He was probably by this time advanced in years.