Matthew 17:1

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and Jamesand his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart.

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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

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

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Cross References

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

Mark 9:2Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and Jamesand John, and brought them by themselves up a high mountain apart from the rest.

Luke 9:28About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18and this voice we ourselves heard, borne to us out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy hill.

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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