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14. When he came. [The Demon-possessed Boy, Mark 9:14-29=Matt. 17:4-21=Luke 9:37-43a. Major comment: Mark. See Retirement from Public Ministry; The Ministry of Our Lord; on miracles pp. 208-213.] On the day following the Transfiguration, Jesus and the three disciples descended from the mount of transfiguration to the plain below, where the other nine awaited their return (see Luke 9:37; cf. DA 426). Either of the two Galilean “plains” specifically mentioned in the Bible, the plain of Gennesaret (see on Luke 5:1) or the Valley of Esdraelon, is considered to be a likely area for the vicinity of the mount of the transfiguration. Probably that unnamed mount was not far from one or the other of these “plains” (see on Matt. 17:1).

I pray thee. These words do not appear in the Greek.

Scribes. See p. 55.

Lay thy hands. The personal touch of Jesus seems to have been a mark of His personal interest in each sufferer (see on ch. 1:31).

Questioning with them. That is, arguing with them or heckling them, as the context makes plain. The attitude of the scribes was obviously hostile. This detail is mentioned only by Mark. These hostile scribes may have been some of the ones who “came from Jerusalem” for the purpose of alienating the respect of the people for Jesus and to report on what He said and did (see on Mark 7:1; Matt. 16:1). As so often in the past, they attacked Jesus through His disciples (see Mark 2:16, 18, 24; 7:5). On this occasion they sought to represent Jesus and His disciples as impostors by making much of the fact that here was a demon over which the disciples were powerless (cf. DA 427).

14. When he came. [The Demon-possessed Boy, Mark 9:14-29=Matt. 17:4-21=Luke 9:37-43a. Major comment: Mark. See Retirement from Public Ministry; The Ministry of Our Lord; on miracles pp. 208-213.] On the day following the Transfiguration, Jesus and the three disciples descended from the mount of transfiguration to the plain below, where the other nine awaited their return (see Luke 9:37; cf. DA 426). Either of the two Galilean “plains” specifically mentioned in the Bible, the plain of Gennesaret (see on Luke 5:1) or the Valley of Esdraelon, is considered to be a likely area for the vicinity of the mount of the transfiguration. Probably that unnamed mount was not far from one or the other of these “plains” (see on Matt. 17:1).