Mark 9:9 (ASV)

Passage

And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.

Mark 9:8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

Mark 9:9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

Mark 9:10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

Mark 9:11 And they asked him, saying, [How is it] that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "coming", "down", "mountain", "charged", "should", "tell", "things", and "seen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "coming" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And suddenly looking round about they saw..." into verse 10's "And they kept the saying questioning among...", so "coming" and "down" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "coming" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.