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.
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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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 9:28–36And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
- Matt 17:1–8And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
- Isa 33:17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
- Mark 5:37And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
- Mark 14:33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
- 2 Cor 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
- Exod 24:13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
- 1 Kgs 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
- Exod 34:29–35And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
- Isa 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- Rom 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Phil 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- Matt 17:11–13And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
- Mark 16:12After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
- Rev 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- 1 Kgs 18:33And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
- Phil 2:6–8Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
- Rev 1:13–17And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- 2 Cor 3:7–10But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
- Matt 14:13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
- 2 Pet 1:16–18For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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