Davide's Notes

Greek

Notes

9:1

• τινες, "some"; note that there is no accent, so it is not τίς.
• εστηκοτων, part. perf. act. from ιστημι, "I stand, make to stand". The part. perf. act. has the typical οτ as tense formative, normally redup. (e.g. λελυκοτων), 3-1-3, here ἑστηκως, ἑστηκυια, ἑστηκος; note that the meaning in this case is in the present tense.
• ου μη γευσωνται, aor. subj. middle from γευομαι, "I taste, eat". Primary endings middle/passive (-μαι, -σαι, -ται, -μεθα, -σθε, -νται). The subj. with ου μη is used to express an emphatic negative future.
• ιδωσιν, aor. subj. act. from ειδω, "I see".  Subj. required after εως αν.
• εληλυθυιαν, perfect part. act. from ερχομαι, "I come". Note the redup. typical of the perfect (εληλυθα), lit. "having come". Not very easy to render in translation.

9:2

• παραλαμβανει, pres. ind. act. from παραλαμβανω, "I take along, bring along"
• κατ' ιδιαν μονους, "by themselves".
• μετεμορφωθη, aor. ind. pass. from μεταμορφοω, "I change in manner visible to others, be transfigured".

9:3

• εγενετο, aor. ind. dep. from γινομαι, "I become".
• στιλβοντα, pres. part. act. from στιλβω, "I flash". Note the participle used as adjective.
• λιαν, "much".
• γναφευς, -εως, ο. "Fuller". Only found here in the entire NT. The BDAG says it is "generically a specialist in one or more of the processes in the treatment of cloth, incl. fulling, carding, cleaning, bleaching." The suggested translation is then "cloth refiner".
• δυναται, pres. ind. dep. from δυναμαι, "I am able".
• λευκαναι, aor. infinitive act. from λευκαινω, "I make white". The aorist pres. ind. is ελευκανα.

9:4

• ωφθη, aor. ind. dep. from οπτανομαι, "I appear".
• συλλαλουντες, pres. part. act. from συλλαλεω, "I talk with".

9:5

• αποκριθεις, aor. part. dep. from αποκρινομαι, "I begin to speak, I answer".
• ποιησωμεν, aor. subj. act. from ποιεω, "I make". This is a cohortative subjunctive.
• μιαν, acc. sing. fem. from εις, "one".

9:6

• ηδει, pluperfect ind. act. from οιδα, "I know". The meaning is to be rendered in the imperfect.
• αποκριθῃ, subj. aor. dep. from αποκρινομαι, "I answer". Deliberative subjunctive; the translation should render the uncertainty. There is some variation in the manuscripts: TS have λαλησῃ, B has λαλησει.
• εκφοβοι, "exceedingly frightened".

9:7

• επισκιαζουσα, pres. part. act. from επισκιαζω, "I overshadow; cast a shadow upon". Adjectival function.

9:8

• εξαπινα, "suddenly"
• περιβλεψαμενοι, aor. part. dep. from περιβλεπομαι, "I look around".
• ουκετι, adv, "after that"
• ουδενα, adj. from ουδεις, "no one"

9:9

• καταβαινοντων αυτων, gen. abs.
• διαστειλατο, aor. ind. dep. from διαστελλομαι, "I order"
• μηδενι, adj. from μηδεις, μηδεμια, μηδεν, "anyone"
• διηγησονται, aor. subj. dep. διηγεομαι, "I relate fully, declare". Subj. because of ινα.
• ει μη οταν, here "not until". οταν is lit. "whenever", cf. 8:38.
  
• αναστῃ, aor. subj. act. from ανιστημι, "I rise (again)". Subj. because of οταν.

9:10

• εκρατησαν, aor. ind. act. from κρατεω, "I retain".
• συζητουντες, pres. part. act. from συζητεω, "I dispute, reason, enquire".
• αναστηναι, aor. inf. act. from ανιστημι, cf. v.9.

9:11

• επηρωτων, imp. ind. act. from επερωταω, "I inquire, seek".
• οτι, in the first occurrence it means here "why" (like τί), in the second "that".
• δει, cf. 8:31.
• ελθειν, aor. inf. dep. from ερχομαι, "I come". Again, the aor. is ηλθον or ηλθα.

9:12

• εφη, aor. ind. act. from φημι, "I say". The aor. is εφην (3rd sng εφησεν) and it means the same as ειπεν. In the present, the 3rd sng is φησιν and the 3rd pl is φασιν.
• ελθων, aor. part. act. from ερχομαι, "I come".
• αποκαθιστανει, infinitive act. from αποκαθιστημι, "I restore".
• γεγραπται, perf. ind. pass. from γραφω, "I write".
• παθῃ, aor. subj. act. from πασχω, "I suffer". Subj. because of ινα.
• εξουδενηθῃ, aor. sub. pass. from εξουδενοω, "I despise". Subj. because of ινα. From ουδεν = "nothing", i.e. literally the verb has the meaning "treat as nothing".

9:13

• εληλυθεν, perf. ind. dep. from ερχομαι, "I come".
• οσα, "all the things that"/
• ηθελον, imp. ind. act. from θελω, "I wish".

My translation

¹And he began to tell them, Amen, I say to you, because there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.
²Then, six days later, Jesus takes with him Peter, Jacob and John and leads them up on a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
³and his clothes became of a white so exceedingly shining that no cloth refiner on earth would be able to make so white.
⁴And to them appeared Elijah with Moses, and they were speaking to Jesus.
⁵Peter answered [to this event] and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
⁶Indeed he did not know what to answer, for they were very frigthened.
⁷And there came an overshadowing cloud on them, and a voice from the cloud saying, This is my beloved son, listen to him.
⁸Suddenly after that they did not see anyone except Jesus, alone with them.
⁹Coming down from the mountain, he ordered them not to relate to anyone the things they had seen until the son of man had risen from the dead.
¹⁰And they kept the word for themselves, reasoning about what "raising from the dead" meant.
¹¹They were asking him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?
¹²He said then to them, Elijah did come first to restore all things, and how is it written about the son of man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
¹³I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they made to him all the things that they wanted, as it is written of him.