Matthew 16 / Mark 9 / Luke 9 — 'Some standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom' refers to the Transfiguration, not the Second Coming.

Winger argues the saying is not a promise that all disciples would witness the Second Coming. The key contextual clue: in all three Synoptic Gospels, the very next pericope after this statement is the Transfiguration — where Peter, James, and John (only 'some') witness Jesus in glory with Moses and Elijah and hear the Father's voice. The language 'some standing here' matches the small group taken up the mountain, and 'see me in my glory/kingdom' matches the Transfiguration event itself. This is contextual, not contrived. Those who reject it, Winger argues, do so because they want Jesus to be a false prophet, not because the contextual reading is weak.