“ And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. ”
And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias - Moses, a distinguished servant of God, by whom the law was given, and whose institutions typified the Messiah. It was particularly proper tha...
The Transfiguration, and the Coming of Elijah ( Mark 9:2-13 *, Luke 9:28-36 ). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7 . The fe...
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis. appeared. App-106. Moses. Representing the Law, and those to be raised from the dead. See note on Matthew 8:4 . Elias . Elijah....
3. And, lo, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah. It is asked, Were Moses and Elijah actually present? or was it only an apparition that was exhibited to the disciples, as the prophets...
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Moses and Elias - Elijah came from heaven in the same body which he had upon earth, for he was translated, and did not see deat...
And behold, there appeared—Moses and Elias— See Luke 9:30 ., &c. respecting the remainder of this transaction.
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28-36 . The time of this sec...
The Transfiguration 1-8. The Transfiguration ( Mark 9:2 ; Luke 9:28 ). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at...
Moses and Elias. — The identification of the forms which the disciples saw was, we may well believe, intuitive. If we accept the narrative as a whole, it is legitimate to assume that, in the state...
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13-28 ; Matthew 17:1-21 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Chr...
Jesus Shows Divine Glory Matthew 17:1-8 Moses' face shone after having absorbed the divine glory, as some diamonds burn with sunlight after being carried into a dark room. Stephen's face s...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as spec...
"And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." Moses and Elias were seen, and it should seem were known by the Apostles, though the former had been dead fifteen hundred ye...
And behold there appeared unto them ,.... The disciples: Moses and Elias ; Moses the giver of the law, and Elias one of the chief of the prophets: one of them had been dead near a thousand and fiv...
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Ver. 3. Moses and Elias appeared ] Those immortalitalis candidali, as the ancients called them. God had buried Moses, bu...
And behold To heighten the grandeur and solemnity of the scene; there appeared unto them That is, unto the disciples as well as Jesus; Moses and Elias Luke says, two men, which were Moses and...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, a...
The Transfiguration of Christ. 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a hi...
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‘And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him.' And then to cap His glory Moses and Elijah appeared before the amazed eyes of the disciples and talked with Him. Men of Heaven...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 17:1 . After six days .—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a da...
Matthew 17:1-2 . And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as th...
Matthew 17:2 . He was transfigured before them. Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confesse...
And was transfigured before them. The mount of vision I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to u...
EXPOSITION Matthew 17:1-40 The Transfiguration of Jesus . ( Mark 9:2-41 ; Luke 9:28-42 .) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who we...
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, talking with Him.
1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:36-40 ; 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 ; 2 Kings 2:11-14 ; Deuteronomy 18:18 ; Deuteronomy 34:10 ; Deuteronomy 34:5 ; Deuteronomy 34:6 ; Hebrews 3:1-6 ; John 1:17 ; John 5:...
There appeared Moses and Elijah — Here for the full confirmation of their faith in Jesus, Moses, the giver of the law, Elijah, the most zealous of all the prophets, and God speaking from heaven, al...