Matthew 16:28
ContextNETBible | I tell you the truth, 1 there are some standing here who will not 2 experience 3 death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” 4 |
XREF | Mt 10:23; Mt 24:3,27-31,42; Mt 26:64; Mr 9:1; Mr 13:26; Lu 2:26; Lu 9:27; Lu 18:8; Lu 21:27,28; Joh 8:52; Heb 2:9 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” 2 tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible. 3 tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2). 4 sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the Son of Man coming in his kingdom: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Christ’s role in the Church; (5) the destruction of Jerusalem; (6) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to six days later in 17:1 seems to indicate that Matthew had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration would be a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (in vv. 21-23), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan. |