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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_16:28
28"Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."
Mat_16:28 This is a difficult verse to interpret. In context it seems to refer to the Second Coming, but Matthew, writing forty plus years after Jesus' death, realized this was incorrect. It could refer to
1. Jesus' ascension
2. the kingdom which was already present in Jesus
3. the Parousia or Second Coming
4. the Spirit's coming and equipping at Pentecost
5. the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70 by the Roman General Titus
6. the transfiguration recorded in the next chapter (note the proximity in Mar_9:1-2)
Because of the immediate context of Matthew 17, the sixth option is best. See special topic on the Kingdom of God at Mat_4:17 and Reigning in the Kingdom of God at Mat_5:3.
▣ "Truly" See Special Topic at Mat_5:18.
▣ "taste death" This is a Hebraic idiom for dying (cf. 1Sa_15:32).
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