stood, by those who imagined that the last day was near at hand. — rbv Tibv rot ' Avdpuirou zpyj^tvov, the Son of Man coming] His con spicuous coming to judgment (see Gnomon on ver. 13) is meant, which would begin to follow immediately after His ascension.
1. 'lips pas e%, Six days) St Luke says, uaei fift'spai OKTU, as it were, about, eight days ; enumerating the days both of the word and the deed. This definition of time intimates some connec tion with what has just preceded. The teaching concerning the Son of God, and His departure, or Passion, was confirmed by the Transfiguration. — KapaXaplSavsi, taketh with Him) Our Lord knew what was about to happen on the Mount. — 6 'ijjiroDe, Jesus) As the name of Jesus is introduced here to indicate the com mencement of a new portion of the Gospel history, it is clear that the declaration in ch. xvi. 28 does not refer exclusively to the Transfiguration. — rbv H'trpov -/.at 'idxufSov xai ' ludwriv, rbv afaXpbv airoD, Peter and James, and John his brother) St Matthew candidly relates those circumstances also in which other apostles were preferred to himself. The writings of Peter and John, who were present on the occasion, are extant : the former men tions this event in his second epistle (2 Pet. i. 17, 18) : the latter takes it for granted,1 as a thing well known, and attested by sufficient evidence. Cf. on the choice of the three apostles here selected, ch. xxvi. 37. — opog, a mountain) The name of the mountain is not mentioned, and thereby superstition is pre vented. Several very remarkable divine manifestations have been made on mountains ; see Acts vii. 30, 38. The opinion which regards Tabor as the scene of the transfiguration is specious. See Jer. xlvi. 18.
2. Mfrspopip'JJdq, was transfigured) This verb implies that our Lord had always possessed the glory within Himself. The force
1 No doubt the transfiguration was included in the reference, John i. 14, " We beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." — ED.