Luke 9:28

And it was about eight days after these discourses, that Jesus took Simon and James and John, and went up a mountain to pray.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

27I tell you the truth, that there are some standing here, who will not taste death, until they shall see the kingdom of God.

29And while he prayed, the aspect of his countenance was changed, and his garments became white and brilliant.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:37And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful.

Mark 6:46And when he had dismissed them, he went to a mountain to pray.

Mark 14:33And he took with him Cephas and James and John, and began to be gloomy and distressed.

Luke 6:12And in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain to pray; and he passed the night there, in prayer to God.

Luke 9:18And as he was praying in private with his disciples, he asked them, and said: Who, do the multitudes say of me, 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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