Mark 9 · a question people ask
Coming down the mountain, why did he tell them to tell no one "until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead" (9:9)?
"As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead" (9:9). It is the only time in Mark that such a command has an until, and Mark tells what they did with it: "They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant" (9:10). Mark has told of commands like it before (1:44, 3:12, 5:43, 7:36, 8:30). Christians read why he said it in more than one way, and chapter 8 sets out the main readings.
The verses
“As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.”
“and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.””
“He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.”
“He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.”