Matthew 17:1

And after six days, Jeshu took Kipha, and Jakub, and Juchanon his brother, and led them to a high mountain by themselves.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Jeshu was changed before them; and his countenance shone like the sun, and his vestments were resplendent as the light.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:37And he took Kipha and the two sons of Zabdai; and he began to be sorrowful, and to be vehemently agonized.

Mark 9:2And after six days Jeshu took Kipha, and Jacub, and Juchanon, and led them up to a high mountain by themselves. And he was altered before their eyes:

Luke 9:28And it was after these words about eight days, that Jeshu took Shemun and Jakub and Juchanon, and went up into a mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18we also this voice heard from heaven, as it came to him 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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