Mark 9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. I. It was a symbolical intimation that WHEN HE THAT IS PERFECT AND ETERNAL HAD COME, ALL THAT WAS IMPERFECT AND PREPARATORY SHOULD VANISH AWAY. And that this latter was the character both of the Law and the Prophets is obvious. Moses had Christ constantly in view, and the entire scheme of Levitical worship which he was inspired to draw up, looked forward to Him. So, too, the prophets in various ways predicted an age of surpassing glory, which should culminate at the Messiah's coming. II. Not only was all prophecy fulfilled in Christ, BUT THE PROPHETIC CHARACTER ALSO RECEIVED ITS PERFECT DEVELOPMENT IN HIM. He not only announced, He was, the Word of God. The lesson of this mysterious scene was this: that Moses and Elias and Christ were three no longer, no more separated, but made one by God. Legislator and prophet both were summoned to the scene of the transfiguration, and both symbolically (by vanishing away, leaving Jesus only with the disciples) consigned their finished work into Christ's hands, knowing that henceforth there was but one dispensation, one tabernacle, one gospel. (H. M. Luckock, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.WEB: Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only. |
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