2. As connected with the resurrection, it was His secret to His disciples, till He took the ground proper to them, as the church.-" As they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.' (Matt. 17:9.)
The next thing was to show His followers the glory and kingdom; compare chapter 16:28, and 2 Peter 1. A foretaste of the rich harvest to be reaped from His humiliation was thus given to them, to cheer and strengthen them in their sympathy with Him, and in their sorrowful anticipation of having themselves likewise to follow Him in it. For Jesus had said plainly (chap. 16:24-26), that His followers must, share the humiliation with Him. Here, then, having shown them the fruits of His humiliation that they might be the better able to sympathize with Him, He tells them not to tell others of it until his humiliation being past, theirs would have to begin: compare Mark 9:9. The vision presents the triumph of more than Jesus over death by glory, for Moses and Elias were there in it, as representatives of the church in that day of coming glory, for which we wait, at Christ's second coining. (2 Peter 1:16-21)
Surely the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us!