Luke 9:27
New International Version
“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

New Living Translation
I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.”

English Standard Version
But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Berean Standard Bible
But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

Berean Literal Bible
And I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste of death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God."

King James Bible
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

New King James Version
But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

New American Standard Bible
But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

NASB 1995
“But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

NASB 1977
“But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Legacy Standard Bible
But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Amplified Bible
But I tell you truthfully, there are some among those standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

Christian Standard Bible
Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

American Standard Version
But I tell you of a truth, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“I tell you the truth; there are men who stand here who will not partake of death until they behold the Kingdom of God.”

Contemporary English Version
You can be sure some of the people standing here will not die before they see God's kingdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I tell you of a truth: There are some standing here that shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God.

English Revised Version
But I tell you of a truth, There be some of them that stand here, which shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I can guarantee this truth: Some people who are standing here will not die until they see the kingdom of God."

Good News Translation
I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God."

International Standard Version
I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here wom't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

Literal Standard Version
and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those standing here who will not taste of death until they may see the Kingdom of God.”

Majority Standard Bible
But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

New American Bible
Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

NET Bible
But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God."

New Revised Standard Version
But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

New Heart English Bible
But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

Webster's Bible Translation
But I tell you in truth, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.

Weymouth New Testament
I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."

World English Bible
But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”

Young's Literal Translation
and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

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Context
Take Up Your Cross
26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.” 28About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.…

Cross References
Matthew 16:28
Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

Mark 9:1
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."


Treasury of Scripture

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

I tell.

Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Mark 9:1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

John 14:2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

some.

John 21:22,23
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me…

taste.

Luke 2:26
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

John 8:51,52,59
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death…

Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

see.

Luke 22:18
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

Mark 14:25
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

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Luke 9
1. Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach.
7. Herod desires to see Jesus.
10. The apostles return.
12. Jesus feeds five thousand;
18. inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion;
23. proposes to all the pattern of his patience.
28. The transfiguration.
37. He heals the lunatic;
43. again forewarns his disciples of his passion;
46. commends humility;
51. bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge.
57. Many would follow him, but upon conditions.














Verse 27. - But I tell you of a truth, there he some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. This magnificent promise has always been more or less a difficulty to expositors. Two favourite explanations which

(1) in the Transfiguration mystery,

(2) in the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Jewish state,

see the fulfilment of this great prediction, must be put aside as inadequate, as failing utterly to satisfy any idea of the kingdom of God. Concerning (1), it must be borne in mind that the words were addressed, not only to the disciples, but to a mixed multitude; the expression then, "there be some standing here," etc., would seem to point to more than three (Peter, James, and John were alone present at the Transfiguration) who should, while living, see the kingdom of God. Concerning (2), those who were witnesses of the great catastrophe which resulted in the sack of Jerusalem and the ruin of the Jewish polity, can scarcely be said to have looked on the kingdom of God. It was rather a great and terrible judgment; in no way can it fairly be termed the kingdom, or even its herald; it was simply an awful event in the world's story. But surely the Lord's disciples, the holy women, the still larger outer circle of loving followers of Jesus, who were changed by what happened during the forty days which immediately succeeded the Resurrection morning - changed from simple, loving, fearful, doubting men and women, into the brave resistless preachers and teachers of the new faith - the five hundred who gazed on the risen Lord in the Galilaean mountain, - these may in good earnest be said to have seen, while in life, "the kingdom of God." These five hundred, or at all events many of them, after the Resurrection, not only looked on God, but grasped the meaning of the presence and work of God on earth. The secret of the strange resistless power of these men in a hostile world was that their eyes had gazed on some of the sublime glories, and their ears had heard some of the tremendous secrets of the kingdom of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I tell
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

truthfully,
ἀληθῶς (alēthōs)
Adverb
Strong's 230: Truly, really, certainly, surely. Adverb from alethes; truly.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

who
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

are
εἰσίν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

standing
ἑστηκότων (hestēkotōn)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

here
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Adverb
Strong's 847: Here, there. Genitive of autos, used as an adverb of location; properly, belonging to the same spot, i.e. In this place.

will not taste
γεύσωνται (geusōntai)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1089: (a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience.

death
θανάτου (thanatou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.

until
ἕως (heōs)
Conjunction
Strong's 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

they see
ἴδωσιν (idōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

kingdom
βασιλείαν (basileian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.

of God.”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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