But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Christ prayed alone with His disciples before questioning them, setting a pattern we ought to follow: parents should pray with their children, masters with their servants, teachers with their pupils. When we instruct others, we must first pray for and with them, that they may be directed to answer rightly.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 9:18-27
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered,.... It became exceeding bright and glorious, it shone like the sun, Mat 17:2 and hereby his prayer was answered; and thus, as Christ was heard and answered, whilst he was yet speaking, so are his people sometimes; and even their countenance is altered, when they are favoured with communion with God, and instead of...
not taste of death fill they see the kingdom of God--"see it come with power" (Mar 9:1); or see "the Son of man coming in His kingdom" (Mat 16:28). The reference, beyond doubt, is to the firm establishment and victorious progress, in the lifetime of some then present, of that new Kingdom of Christ, which was destined to work the greatest of all changes on...