Mark 9:9 (DBY)

Passage

And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among [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 him.

Mark 9:8 And suddenly having looked around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus alone with themselves.

Mark 9:9 And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among [the] dead.

Mark 9:10 And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.

Mark 9:11 And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And suddenly having looked around they no..." into verse 10's "And they kept that saying questioning among...", so "descended" and "mountain" 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 "descended" and "mountain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.