What is the meaning of Mark 9:10? So they kept this matter to themselves “ So they kept this matter to themselves” (Mark 9:10). • After witnessing the Transfiguration, Peter, James, and John obeyed Jesus’ command not to relate what they had seen “until the Son of Man had risen from the dead” (Mark 9:9). • Their silence models the same restraint Jesus earlier required when He “strictly warned them not to make Him known” (Mark 3:12) and when He told the Twelve “to tell no one about Him” (Mark 8:30). • Obedience sometimes means holding truth in trust until God’s timing unfolds, just as the prophets “searched and inquired carefully” until the appointed time (1 Peter 1:10–12). discussing “ discussing” (Mark 9:10). • Obedience did not stifle curiosity; it redirected it inward. They “reasoned among themselves” (Luke 24:15) long before they would later converse with the risen Lord. • Healthy discussion within a believing community is encouraged in Scripture—“Come now, let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18)—so long as it drives us back to the Lord’s words. • In this moment the disciples illustrated Proverbs 25:2: “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.” what it meant “ what it meant” (Mark 9:10). • The disciples were not questioning whether Jesus spoke truth, but what His truth signified. Their struggle mirrors Daniel’s: “I heard, but I did not understand” (Daniel 12:8). • Jesus had plainly predicted His death and resurrection just days earlier (Mark 8:31), yet preconceived expectations of a triumphant political Messiah clouded their comprehension (John 12:34). • Their inquiry shows that divine revelation can be crystal-clear and still require the Spirit’s illumination for full understanding (John 16:12–13). to rise from the dead “ to rise from the dead” (Mark 9:10). • First-century Jews believed in a general resurrection at the end of the age (Daniel 12:2; John 11:24). The idea of one Man rising ahead of time was radical, hence their perplexity. • Jesus repeatedly foretold a literal, bodily resurrection: – “The Son of Man is going to be delivered… and after three days He will rise” (Mark 9:31). – “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19–22). • His resurrection would validate His deity (Romans 1:4), secure our justification (Romans 4:25), and guarantee our own future resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20–22). summary Mark 9:10 captures obedient silence paired with earnest inquiry. The disciples honored Jesus’ timing, wrestled honestly with His promise, and foreshadowed every believer’s journey from limited understanding to full assurance when the risen Christ makes all things clear. |
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