Mark 9:1 (LSB)

Passage

And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power.”

Nearby Context

Mark 9:1 And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power.”

Mark 9:2 And six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;

Mark 9:3 and His garments were shining intensely white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "saying", "truly", "some", "standing", "here", "taste", and "death". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And six days later Jesus took with...", so "jesus" and "saying" should be read forward into that movement. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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