Luke
Chapter
9
{The
Sending of the Twelve Apostles}
9:1``Then,
calling together The Twelve,
{title for the twelve primary students/disciples He gave the title of
'apostles' which means 'one sent on a mission under the authority
of another'}
indeed
He {Jesus} gave them power {dunamis}
and
authority {exousia}
over
all demons {daimonion}
and
to cure diseases.
9:2``And
He 'sent them on a mission under His authority' {apostello}
to
'be heralding forth'/'be proclaiming'
the
kingdom of God
and
to heal {the sick}.
9:3``He
{Jesus} said to them {The Twelve},
"Take
nothing for your journey {an order} . . .
neither
'walking stick'/staff,
nor
wallet/"traveler's bag",
nor
bread,
nor
money;
nor
have and hold two undergarments/tunics
{take only the one you are wearing}.
9:4``And,
whatever house you enter,
'be
remaining'/stay there {an order}
and,
from that place, you come and go forth.
9:5``And
as many as will not receive/welcome you as a guest,
when
leaving that town/city
shake
the dust off your feet {an order}
as
a testimony/witness
{marturion - the word from which we get 'martyr'}
against
them."
9:6``And,
going forth,
they
kept on going through the villages,
village
by village,
proclaiming
'the good news'/gospel {euaggelizo}
and
healing everywhere.
{Herod's
Confusion about Jesus}
9:7``
Now Herod the Tetrarch
{tetrarchs - a Roman governor over 1/4th of the region}
began
hearing about everything {that was happening}
'on
behalf of' {hupo} for Him {Jesus},
and
he {Herod} was thoroughly perplexed,
because
it was said
'on
behalf of' {hupo} some
{a false rumor was spread that made it to Herod}
that
John {the Baptizer/Herald} had been raised from the dead
{Herod had executed John with his head being delivered to him on a
silver platter so this would have been of real concern to him}.
{More
False Rumors}
9:8``But
'on behalf of' {hupo} some
"Elijah
had appeared" . . .
and
others of the same kind' {allos}
"That
One {Jesus} . . . of the prophets of long ago . . . had risen".
9:9``And,
Herod said,
"I
had John beheaded
{believing this could not be John the Baptizer}.
But
Who keeps on being this about Whom I hear such things?"
And
he desired to see Him {Jesus}.
{The
Feeding of the Five Thousand}
9:10``And
'those sent on the mission under His authority'/
'the
Apostles returned,
they
'related in full to' {diegeomai}
Him
{Jesus} all they had done.
Then
taking them with Him,
He
withdrew in private
to
a town/city called Bethsaida.
9:11``But
the crowds knowing {where they went},
followed
with Him {akoloutheo}.
And
receiving/welcoming them,
He
spoke to them about the kingdom of God
and
cured those who needed healing.
9:12``Now
the day began to draw to a close.
So
The Twelve coming to Him said,
"Send
the crowd away {an order},
in
order that going into the surrounding villages and countryside,
they
might find lodging and food,
because
we are in a desolate place here."
9:13-14``But
He said to them,
"Give
them something to eat {an order}."
But
they {The Twelve} said,
"We
have absolutely no more
than
five loaves of bread and two fish . . .
unless
we go and possibly buy food for all these people 9:14``
(for
there were about five thousand men)."
Then
He said to His students/disciples,
"Have
them recline {as they would at a table at home}
in
groups of about fifty each."
9:15``
And they did so.
And
the people all reclined.
9:16``
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish . . .
looking
up to heaven . . .
He
{Jesus} blessed them and broke them,
and
gave them
to
the students/disciples to set before the crowd.
9:17``So
they all ate
and
were 'filled to their complete satisfaction' {chortazo}.
And
there was taken up that which remained over to them,
of
broken pieces, twelve baskets.
{Peter's
Confession}
9:18``And,
it came to pass {new subject}
while
He {Jesus} was praying by Himself
with
His students/disciples near Him,
and
He asked them saying,
"Who
do the crowds say that I am?"
9:19``
They 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of themselves' {apokrinomai} saying,
"John
the Baptizer . . .
but
others of the same kind say Elijah . . .
and
others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen."
9:20``Then
He said to them,
"But
who do you say that I am?"
Then
Peter answered, "The Christ/'Anointed One' of God."
9:21-22``
But He admonished severely them {epitimao}
and
commanded them not to tell this to anyone, 9:22``
saying,
"The Son of Man
must
suffer many things
and
be rejected {apodokimazo} by the elders {presbuteros},
chief
priests {archiereus},
and
'experts in the law'/scribes {grammateus},
and
be killed . . .
and
on the third day be raised."
{A
Call to Discipleship}
9:23``
Then He kept on saying to them all,
"If
{ei tis}anyone wants to come after Me
-
and he does want to come after Me {1st class condition} -
he
must deny himself {an order}
and
take up his cross daily
and
follow Me.
9:24``For
whoever wants to save his life/soul {psuche}
will
lose it.
But
whoever 'will lose his life/soul {apollumi psuche}
for
My sake . . . the same will save it.
9:25``For
what does it benefit a person
if
he gains the whole world {kosmos}
but
himself . . . he loses/perishes {apollumi} or suffers loss?
9:26``For
whoever may be ashamed {epaischunomai }
of
Me and My Words,
of
him, the Son of Man, will be ashamed
whenever
He comes in His Glory
and
the Glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
9:27``But
I {Jesus} tell you most certainly,
there
are some standing here
who
absolutely will not {ouk me - very strong double negative}
taste
death before they see the kingdom of God."
{The
Transfiguration}
9:28``And
it came to pass about eight days after these sayings . . .
taking
Peter, John, and James . . .
He
{Jesus} went up on the mountain to pray.
9:29``And
as He {Jesus} was prayed,
the
appearance of His face was transformed . . .
and
His apparel/clothes . . .
{became}
light/bright/'brilliant from white' {leukos} . . .
'shining
like lightening'/glistering/shining {exastrapto}.
{Note:
See also Matthew 17:2 and following for the same event and RBT comments.}
9:30``Then,
behold {means 'Pay Attention'}
two
men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him.
9:31``They
{Moses and Elijah}, being caused to appeared in glory,
spoke
about His {Jesus'} departure/death . . .
that
he was about to 'carry out'/'bring to fullness' {pleroo}
{pleroo - means to fill up a deficiency and that is what the cross
accomplished}
at
Jerusalem.
9:32``Now
Peter, and those {with him - John and James},
'were
heavily burdened with sleep'/
'were
very sleepy' {bareo hupnos},
but,
becoming fully awake,
they
saw His {Jesus'} glory . . .
and
the two men standing with Him.
9:33``And,
it came to pass,
that
while the men were leaving Him,
Peter
said to Jesus, "Master/Overseer {epistates},
it
is good that we are here.
I
suggest/propose
that
we make three 'tabernacles'/'tents' {skene}
{skene - RBT says 'skene' is a running Joke God is Playing on Satan
- see Revelation 13:6},
one
for You . . .
and
one for Moses . . .
and
one for Elijah" . . .
not
knowing/perceiving what he was saying.
9:34``Now
while he {Peter} was saying this,
a
cloud 'came that there was not there before' {ginomai}
and
'overshadowing them'/'enveloping them in a shadow' {episkiazo}.
Now
they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
9:35``Then
a Voice 'came that was not there before' {ginomai}
from
the cloud, saying,
"This
is My Son . . .
'He
Who has been chosen out for Myself/'Who is My Chosen One' . . .
listen
to Him!"
{Note:
God interrupted Peter's discourse to tell him to close his mouth and
listen to Jesus - a good lesson for all of us students to learn!}
9:36``At
the coming of the voice,
Jesus
was found/discovered { heurisko} alone.
And,
they kept silent and told no one in those days
anything
of what they had seen.
Continued
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