As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
- NKJV Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.”
- NASB When they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
- NLT As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
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Quick answer
Coming down the mountain, Jesus orders the disciples to keep the vision secret until after his resurrection. He guards against a misunderstood, merely triumphant view of his messiahship before the cross.
Overview
Jesus repeatedly restrains publicity about his glory and messianic identity (the 'messianic secret') because a glory not yet interpreted by the cross would feed false expectations of a political deliverer. Only the resurrection would rightly frame what they had seen. His mention of rising from the dead again foretells both his suffering and his victory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Mark 8:30He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
- Luke 24:46–47He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
- Matt 17:23and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.
- Matt 16:20–21Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
- Matt 17:12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
- Mark 9:9–13As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- Luke 8:56Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
- Matt 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
- Matt 8:4Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
- Luke 9:21–22But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
- Luke 18:33–34They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
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