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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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