Matthew 17:1

And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up to a high mountain apart;

1770 John Worsley NT

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 was transfigured before them: and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment became white as the light.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:37and having taken with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and much distressed;

Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up by themselves to a high mountain apart; and was transfigured before them:

Luke 9:28About eight days after these discourses, He took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to a mountain to pray.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice, from heaven we heard, 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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