Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 9].
malignity were quick to discern the lack of moral power and would
yield to no other" (_ibid_.).
9:30 {He would not that any man should know it} (\ouk •thelen
hina tis gnoi\). Imperfect tense followed by ingressive aorist
subjunctive (\gnoi = gn•i\, the usual form). He was not willing
that any one should learn it. Back in Galilee Jesus was, but he
was avoiding public work there now (cf. 7:24). He was no longer
the hero of Galilee. He had left Caesarea Philippi for Galilee.
9:31 {For he taught} (\edidasken gar\). Imperfect tense, and the
reason given for secrecy. He was renewing again definitely the
prediction of his death in Jerusalem some six months ahead as he
had done before (Mr 8:31; Mt 16:21; Lu 9:22). Now as then Jesus
foretells his resurrection "after three days" ("the third day,"
Mt 17:23).
9:32 {But they understood not the saying} (\hoi de •gnooun to
rh•ma\). An old word. Chiefly in Paul's Epistles in the N.T.
Imperfect tense. They continued not to understand. They were
agnostics on the subject of the death and resurrection even after
the Transfiguration experience. As they came down from the
mountain they were puzzled again over the Master's allusion to
his resurrection (Mr 9:10). Mt 17:23 notes that "they were
exceeding sorry" to hear Jesus talk this way again, but Mark adds
that they "were afraid to ask him" (\ephobounto auton
eper•t•sai\). Continued to be afraid (imperfect tense), perhaps
with a bitter memory of the term "Satan" hurled at Peter when he
protested the other time when Jesus spoke of his death (Mr 8:33;
Mt 16:23). Lu 9:45 explains that "it was concealed from them,"
probably partly by their own preconceived ideas and prejudices.
9:33 {In the house} (\en t•i oiki•i\). Probably Peter's house in
Capernaum which was the home of Jesus when in the city. {What
were ye reasoning in the way?} (\Ti en t•i hod•i
dielogiszethe;\). Imperfect tense. They had been disputing (verse
34), not about the coming death of the Master, but about the
relative rank of each of them in the political kingdom which they
were expecting him to establish. Jesus had suspected the truth
about them and they had apparently kept it up in the house. See
on ¯Mt 18:1 where the disciples are represented as bringing the
dispute to Jesus while here Jesus asks them about it. Probably
they asked Jesus first and then he pushed the matter further and
deeper to see if this had not been the occasion of the somewhat
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