Luke 9:28

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

27But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.

29And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance became different and his raiment white [and] effulgent.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:4For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

Matthew 26:37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.

Mark 6:46And, having dismissed them, he departed into the mountain to pray.

Mark 14:33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.

Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

Luke 9:18And it came to pass as he was praying alone, his disciples were with him, and he asked them saying, Who do the crowds say that I am?

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:19-28

Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined. 18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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