Matthew 17:1

And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light.

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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 9:2And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them.

Luke 9:28And it was about eight days after these discourses, that Jesus took Simon and James and John, and went up a mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18we also heard this identical voice from heaven, which came to him while 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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