Matthew 17:1

And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up into a high mountain apart:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

In Context

2and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be in deep distress and anguish of soul.

Mark 9:2And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up alone into a high mountain apart; and he was transfigured before them;

Luke 9:28And it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy mount;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:1

In this chapter we have, I. Christ in his pomp and glory transfigured, ver. 1-13 . II. Christ in his power and grace, casting the devil out of a child, ver. 14-21 . And, III. Christ in his poverty and great humiliation, 1. Foretelling his own sufferings, ver. 22, 23 . 2. Paying tribute, ver. 24-27 . So that here is Christ, the Brightness of his Father's glory, by himself purging our sins, paying our debts, and destroying for us him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Thus were the several indications… Read the whole commentary →

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