After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
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- WEB After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
- KJV And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
- NKJV Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.
- NASB And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter, James, and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;
- NLT Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone. As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed,
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After six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain and is transfigured before them. His hidden divine glory shines forth.
Overview
The Transfiguration confirms the confession and the cross just spoken of, revealing the glory of the suffering Son of Man. The mountain setting and the three witnesses recall Moses' encounters with God. This unveiling assures the disciples that the path of suffering leads to glory, and that Jesus is far more than a prophet.
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- Luke 9:28–36About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
- Matt 17:1–8After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
- Isa 33:17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
- Mark 5:37And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
- Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- 2 Cor 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
- Exod 24:13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- 1 Kgs 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- Exod 34:29–35And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
- Isa 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Phil 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- Matt 17:11–13Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.
- Mark 16:12After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country.
- Rev 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 Kgs 18:33Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
- Phil 2:6–8Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Rev 1:13–17and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
- 2 Cor 3:7–10Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
- Matt 14:13When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
- 2 Pet 1:16–18For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
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