Mark 9:5 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Mark 9:5
And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
answered
ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
G611
to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist passive deponent participle, nominative singular masculine
said
λέγειlegei
G3004
properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
Jesus
Ἰησοῦ·Iēsou
G2424
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — dative singular masculine, a proper name
Master
ῥαββί,rhabbi
G4461
my master · noun — vocative singular masculine, a title
is
ἐστίestí
G2076
he (she or it) is
good
καλόνkalon
G2570
X better · adjective — nominative singular neuter
us
ἡμᾶςhēmâs
G2248
us
be
εἶναι,einai
G1511
to exist · verb — present active infinitive
here
ὧδεhōde
G5602
in this same spot · adverb
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
make
ποιήσωμενpoiēsōmen
G4160
to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural
three
τρεῖςtreis
G5140
"three" · adjective — accusative plural feminine
tabernacles
σκηνάς,skēnas
G4633
a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative plural feminine
one
μίανmian
G1520
one · adjective — accusative singular feminine
thee
σοίsoí
G4671
to thee
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
one
μίανmian
G1520
one · adjective — accusative singular feminine
Moses
ΜωϋσεῖMōusei
G3475
Moseus · noun — dative singular masculine, a proper name
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
one
μίαν·mian
G1520
one · adjective — accusative singular feminine
Elias
ἨλίᾳĒlia
G2243
Helias (i.e. Elijah) · noun — dative singular masculine, a proper name
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Cross-references
John 14:21-23 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love…
John 14:8-9 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Psalms 62:2-3 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wicked…
Matthew 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Revelation 22:3-4 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Exodus 33:17-23 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by nam…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:1-13
Here is, I. A prediction of Christ's kingdom now near approaching, Mar 9:1. That which is foretold, is, 1. That the kingdom of God would come, and would come so as to be seen: the kingdom of the Messiah shall be set up in the world by the utter destruction of the Jewish polity, which stood in the way of it; this was the restoring of the kingdom of God among men, which had been in a manner lost by the woeful degeneracy both of Jews and Gentiles. 2. That it would come with power, so as to make its own way, and bear down the opposition that was given to it. It came with power, when vengeance was taken on the Jews for crucifying Christ, and when it conquered the idolatry of the Gentile world. 3.…
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, etc. - For a full account of the nature and design of the transfiguration, see on Mat 17:1 (note), etc.
A high mountain - I have conjectured, Mat 17:1, that this was one of the mountains of Galilee: some say Hermon, some Tabor; but Dr. Lightfoot thinks a mountain near Caesarea Philippi to be more likely.
Was transfigured - Four good MSS. and Origen add here, And While They Were Praying he was transfigured; but this appears to be added from Luk 9:29.
John Gill on Mark 9:5
And Peter answered and said to Jesus,.... He addressed himself to him, as being more familiar with him; as also because he was the principal person: wherefore he says,
master, it is good for us to be here: the company and conversation were exceeding agreeable to him and his fellow disciples; and the glory that Christ appeared in surpassed every thing they had seen before:
and let us make three tabernacles; or, as the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "and we will make", &c. expressing not a petition, but a resolution; to which the Persic version premises, "if thou wilt give us commandment"; submitting it to the will of Christ:
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias;…
O Peter, even though you have ascended the mountain, even though you see Jesus transfigured, even though his garments are white; nevertheless, because Christ has not yet suffered for you, you are still unable to know the truth.
CHRYSOSTOM.f Again, Peter neither comprehended that the Lord worked His transfiguration for the showing forth of His true glory, nor that He did this in order to teach men, nor that it was impossible for them to leave the multitude and dwell in the mountain. It goes on, For they were sore afraid. But this fear of theirs was one by which they were raised from their usual state of mind to one higher, and they recognised that those who appeared to them were Moses and Elias. The soul also was drawn on to a state of heavenly feeling, as though carried away from human sense by the heavenly vision.
Subsequently, fleeing from threatening Jezebel, after one single (meal of) food and drink, which he had found on being awakened by an angel, he too himself, in a space of forty days and nights, his belly empty, his mouth dry, arrived at Mount Horeb; where, when he had made a cave his inn, with how familiar a meeting with God was he received! "What (doest) thou, Elijah, here? " Much more friendly was this voice than, "Adam, where art thou? " For the latter voice was uttering a threat to a fed man, the former soothing a fasting one. Such is the prerogative of circumscribed food, that it makes God tent-fellow with man-peer, in truth, with peer! For if the eternal God will not hunger, as He testifies through Isaiah, this will be the time for man to be made equal with God, when he lives without food.
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Dictionary and topics
Rabbi — My master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors of the law and their distinguished teachers. It is sometimes applied to Christ (Matt. 23:7, 8; Mark 9:5 (R.V.); John 1:38, 49; 3:2;…
Transfiguration, the — Of our Lord on a “high mountain apart,” is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36). The fullest account is given by Luke, who, no doubt, was informed by…
Mountain · Is transfigured upon — Is transfigured upon
Peter · .At the transfiguration — .At the transfiguration
Rabbi · R. V — R. V
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
on Mark 9:2-8
Mark 9:2-8
Matthew 17:1-8
Mark 9:2-8
Luke 9:28-36
1. And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and leadeth them to a high mountain apart; 2. And was transfigured before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. 3. And, lo, there appeared to them [473] Moses and Elijah talking with him. 4. And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 5. While he was speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and, lo, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; h…
The suggestion to build three shelters as memorials (see Lev 23:33-43; Num 29:12-34) places Moses, Elijah, and Jesus on the same footing. The suggestion ignores Peter’s own earlier confession (Mark 8:29) and the fact that only Jesus had been transfigured (9:2-3).
