Matthew 17:2

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

In Context

1And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain.

3And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with him.

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Cross References

Mark 9:3And his raiment shone and was very white, like snow, so as men on earth can never whiten.

John 1:14And the: Word became flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.

Acts 26:13at mid-day, on the road, I saw, O king, a light exceeding that of the sun, beaming from heaven upon me, and upon all those with me.

Philippians 2:6who, as he was in the likeness of God, deemed it no trespass to be the coequal of God;

Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel, that descended from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a cloud-bow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:2-14

The Transfiguration of Christ. 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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