Matthew 17:1

And after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and led them aside into an high hill, (or and led only them up onto a high hill, or a mountain),

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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

2and was transfigured, [or turned], into another likeness before them. And his face shone as the sun; and his clothes were made (as) white as snow.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:37And when he had taken Peter, and (the) two sons of Zebedee, he began to be heavy and sorry [or he began to be sorrowful and heavy in heart].

Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and led them by themselves alone into an high hill, (or and led only them up onto a high hill, or a mountain); and he was transfigured before them.

Luke 9:28And it was done after these words almost eight days, and he took Peter and James and John, and he ascended into an hill, to pray, (or and he went up onto a hill, to pray).

2 Peter 1:18And we heard this voice brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy hill (or when we were with him on the Mount of Transfiguration).

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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