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Mat 16:28. Τινὲς, some) Our Lord does not mention them by name; and it was profitable for them not to know that they were the persons meant.[772] Peter then scarcely hoped that he would be one of them.-ὧδε, here) A strikingly demonstrative particle.-ἓως ἄν ἴδωσι, until they see) Something is indicated which was to happen, but not immediately (otherwise all, or nearly all, would have lived to that time), but yet something which would take place in that generation of men. This term (terminus) or period has various intervals: the vision, or seeing, various degrees up to the death of those who saw it, which followed at various times: cf. in Luk 2:26, the expression πρὶν ἢ ἴδη, before he had seen, used with regard to Simeon. And the advent of the Son of Man advanced another step before the death of James (see Act 2:36), and passim till Mat 12:2, and cf. Heb 2:5-7); another before the death of Peter (see 2Pe 1:14; 2Pe 1:19, and Luk 21:31); another, and that the highest, before the death of John, in the most magnificent revelation of His coming, which the beloved disciple has himself described (see Gnomon on Joh 21:22); a revelation to which the event foretold will correspond; see Mat 16:27, and ch. Mat 26:64. And a previous proof of this matter was given in a week[773] from this time on the Mount of Transfiguration; and, at the same time, out of all the disciples those were chosen who should most especially see it. It is beyond question, that those three[774] who witnessed our Lord’s transfiguration were peculiarly favoured with reference to the subsequent manifestations of His glory. This saying of our Lord appears to have been referred to, but not rightly understood, by those who imagined that the last day was near at hand.-τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον, the Son of Man coming) His conspicuous coming to judgment (see Gnomon on Mat 16:13) is meant, which would begin to follow immediately after His ascension.[775]
[772] And He may have thereby also at the same time sharpened others.-V. g.
[773] “After six days,” chap. Mat 17:1.-ED.
[774] Of whom James, in the year 44, Peter in 67, John in 102, are generally said to have died.-Harm., p. 372.
[775] Bengel, J. A. (1860). Vol. 1: Gnomon of the New Testament (M. E. Bengel & J. C. F. Steudel, Ed.) (J. Bandinel & A. R. Fausset, Trans.) (251-333). Edinburgh: T&T Clark.