Mark 9:5 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:5

Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

KJV

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

HOMILY 80 (420)

O Peter, even though you have ascended the mountain, even though you see Jesus transfigured, even though his garments are white; nevertheless, because Christ has not yet suffered for you, you are still unable to know the truth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Peter talked of making three distinct tabernacles for Moses, Elias, and Christ, which was not well-contrived; for such a perfect harmony there is between the law, the prophets, and the gospel, that one tabernacle will hold them all; they dwell together in unity.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Though Christ was transfigured, and was in discourse with Moses and Elias, yet he gave Peter leave to speak to him, and to be as free with him as he used to be. Note, Our Lord Jesus, in his exaltation and glory, doth not at all abate of his condescending kindness to his people.

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

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀποκριθεὶς	apokritheis	answering	G611 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρος	Petros	Peter	G4074 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ·	Iēsou	to Jesus;	G2424 →
ῥαββί,	rhabbi	Rabbi,	G4461 →
καλόν	kalon	good	G2570 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	for us	G3165 →
ὧδε	hōde	here	G5602 →
εἶναι,	einai	to be,	G1511 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ποιήσωμεν	poiēsōmen	let us make	G4160 →
τρεῖς	treis	three	G5140 →
σκηνάς,	skēnas	tabernacles	G4633 →
σοὶ	soi	for You	G4771 →
μίαν	mian	one	G1520 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Μωϋσεῖ	Mōusei	for Moses	G3475 →
μίαν	mian	one	G1520 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἠλίᾳ	Ēlia	for Elijah	G2243 →
μίαν·	mian	one;	G1520 →

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 walk5

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
Psalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
leads to
- Psalms 27:4
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 26:8–10
  O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 63:2
  So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- Philippians 3:20
  But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 8:5–6
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.