Matthew 17:1

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

Text-Critical English NT

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

2There he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as light.

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Cross References

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

Mark 9:2After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them.

Luke 9:28About eight days after he had spoken these words, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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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