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And as they were descending from the mountain, Jesus instructed them, saying, “Tell to no one the vision, until the Son of Man is risen out from the dead.”

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
were descending To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. V-PPA-GMP H2597 καταβαινόντων katabainontōn
mountain, A mountain, hill. N-GNS H3735 ὄρους orous
Analysis:

Mountain often represents Government and power in the Jewish mind set. 

Jesus Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus. N-NMS H2424 Ἰησοῦς iēsous
Analysis:
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instructed To give orders (injunctions, instructions, commands). V-AIM-3S H1781 ἐνετείλατο eneteilato
saying, (denoting speech in progress), (a) to say, speak; to mean, mention, tell, (b) to call, name, especially in the pass., (c) to tell, command. V-PPA-NMS H3004 λέγων legōn
vision, A spectacle, vision, that which is seen. N-ANS H3705 ὅραμα orama
to no one No one, none, nothing. Adj-DMS H3367 μηδενὶ mēdeni
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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until (a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until. Prep H2193 ἕως eōs
Son A son, descendent. N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
of Man A man, one of the human race. N-GMS H444 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou
is risen (a) to wake, arouse, (b) to raise up. V-ASP-3S H1453 ἐγερθῇ egerthē
from From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. Adj-GMP H3498 νεκρῶν nekrōn

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Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.  

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Berean Bible And as they were descending from the mountain, Jesus instructed them, saying, “Tell to no one the vision, until the Son of Man is risen out from the dead.”
King James Bible And as they were descending came down from the mountain, Jesus instructed charged them, saying, “Tell Tell the vision to no one the vision, man, until the Son of Man is man be risen out again from the dead.”
Hebrew Greek English And as As they were descending coming down from the mountain, Jesus instructed commanded them, saying, “Tell "Tell the vision to no one the vision, until the Son of Man is has risen out from the dead.”"
New American Standard Bible 1995 And as As they were descending coming down from the mountain, Jesus instructed commanded them, saying, “Tell "Tell the vision to no one the vision, until the Son of Man is has risen out from the dead.”"