Mark 9:15 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:15

As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And straightway all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

KJV

And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) Again, in a mystical sense, on high the Lord unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom to His disciples, but below He rebukes the multitude for their sins of unfaithfulness, and expels devils from those, who are vexed by them. Those who are still carnal and foolish, He strengthens, teaches, punishes, whilst He more freely instructs the perfect concerning the things of eternity.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

Meanwhile, the crowd, as soon as they saw Him, immediately greeted Him. The people looked at Him and greeted Him as though He had returned from far away. And in the opinion of some, His very appearance, having become more beautiful from the light of …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The contrast between these verses and those which precede them in the chapter is very striking. We pass from the mount of transfiguration to a melancholy history of the work of the devil. We come down from the vision of glory — to a conflict with Satanic possession. We change the blessed company of Moses and Elijah — for crude interaction with unbelieving Scribes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

There can hardly be any doubt that His countenance still retained traces of His transfiguration-glory. So BENGEL, DE WETTE, MEYER, TRENCH, ALFORD. No wonder, if this was the case, that they not only ran to Him, but saluted Him.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
πᾶς	pas	all	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ὄχλος	ochlos	crowd	G3793 →
ἰδόντες	idontes	having seen	G1492 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐξεθαμβήθησαν	exethambēthēsan	they marvelled	G1568 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προστρέχοντες	prostrechontes	running to [Him]	G4370 →
ἠσπάζοντο	ēspazonto	they were greeting	G782 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk3

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 34:30
Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
leads to
- Mark 9:3
  His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
- Luke 5:8
  When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Numbers 12:8
  I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”