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Matthew 16:28

Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 16:24-28

This discourse is also recorded in Mar 8:34-38; Mar 9:1; and Luk 9:23-27. Let him, deny himself - That is, let him surrender to God his will, his affections, his body, and his soul. Let him not seek…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 16:24-28

Christ, having shown his disciples that he must suffer, and that he was ready and willing to suffer, here shows them that they must suffer too, and must be ready and willing. It is a weighty discourse…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Taste of death Compare

The valiant never taste of death but once. Jul. Caes.Act. ii. 2.

St Matthew's version of this "hard saying" indicates more plainly than the other Synoptic Gospels, the…