"Tell No One Until..."
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Mark 9:9-13 ESV - 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. 11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” 12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
2 Peter 1:17 ESV - 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,”
1. The Command of Jesus
Mark 9:9 ESV - 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Mark 1:34 ESV - 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Mark 1:43-44 ESV - 43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
Mark 3:11-12 ESV - 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
Mark 8:29-30 ESV - 29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am? ”Peter answered him, "You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
2. The Questioning of the Disciples
Mark 9:10-11 ESV - 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.
Mark 9:10 NASB - 10 They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.
John 11:23-24 ESV - 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
Mark 8:31 ESV - 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Matthew 16:23 ESV - 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
Mark 9:11 ESV - And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
Malachi 4:5 ESV - 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
Malachi 4:6 ESV – 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
3. The Coming of Elijah
Mark 9:12-13 ESV - 12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
Matthew 17:12-13 ESV - 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
Mark 9:12 ESV - And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
Psalm 2:2 ESV - 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
Isaiah 53:4 ESV - 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.