Mark 9:1 (YLT)

Passage

And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'

Nearby Context

Mark 9:1 And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'

Mark 9:2 And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

Mark 9:3 and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten <FI>them<Fi> .

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "And after six days doth Jesus take...", so "said" and "verily" 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 "said" and "verily" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.