Mark 9:3 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:3

His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.

KJV

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

(in Matt. tom. xii. 39) Or else, fullers upon earth may by a moral interpretation be considered to be the wise of this world, who are thought to adorn even their foul understandings and doctrines with a false whitening drawn from their own minds. But their skill as fullers cannot produce any thing like a discourse which shows forth the brightness of spiritual conceptions in the unpolished words of Scripture, which by many are despised.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And his raiment became shining,.... With the rays of glory and brightness which darted from his body through his clothes, and made them as bright as the light of the sun at noon day: and exceeding white as snow; than which nothing is whiter; so as no fuller on earth can white them. The Syriac version renders it, "as men cannot white on earth"; and the Persic thus, "so as men could not behold him".

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

The connection of this passage with the end of the last chapter ought never to be overlooked. Our Lord had been speaking of His own coming death and passion — of the necessity of self-denial, if men would be His disciples — of the need of losing our lives, if we would have them saved. But in the same breath he goes on to speak of His future kingdom and glory. He takes off the edge of His "hard sayings," by promising a sight of that glory to some of those who heard Him.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	garments	G2440 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	was	G1096 →
στίλβοντα,	stilbonta	shining	G4744 →
λευκὰ	leuka	white	G3022 →
λίαν	lian	exceedingly	G3029 →
οἷα	hoia	such as	G3634 →
γναφεὺς	gnapheus	a launderer	G1102 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	earth	G1093 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δύναται	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
λευκᾶναι.	leukanai	to whiten.	G3021 →

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 walk8

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
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
leads to
- Psalms 51:7
  Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Revelation 7:14
  “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
- Micah 7:18–19
  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Isaiah 43:24–26
  You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Through
Daniel 7:9
As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.…
leads to
- Revelation 1:14
  The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- Matthew 17:2
  There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.