"And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an 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."
Three of the Evangelists have recorded this wonderful scene of Christ's glory. Mark 9:9; Luke 9:28. And three of the Apostles were present at it. One of them, Peter, was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to give a new record of it just before his own death, to intimate the vast impression it had made upon his mind. 2 Peter 1:16, etc. It is worthy remark, that Jesus should single out Peter, James, and John, to be with him at this display of his glory, who Were to be present with him at his humiliation in the garden. No doubt it is the truest preparation to the followers of the Lord Jesus, to know Christ in his power, who are to be brought under exercises concerning his humiliation. Luke 22:28-30. I do not presume to add a word to what the Evangelists have here said of this transfiguration, by way of explaining what even my conception cannot equally form an idea of. We know that the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John 1:14. And we know also, that in Him, that is, Christ, dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9. All that we can possibly frame to ourselves of this transfiguration therefore is, that the Godhead shone forth in the manhood in a more than ordinary manner. The Son of God was pleased to manifest himself in his double-nature glory more than in the usual appearances of Christ in the days of his flesh. It was a moment of peculiar manifestation of the glories of his person. It was the personal glory of the God-Man, as God-Man, and every child of God must find cause to bless the Lord for the mercy. If the Reader will turn to the following scriptures, he will, perhaps, be led to discover somewhat similar. Exodus 33:20; Exodus 33:20; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:26, etc. Daniel 10:5-6; Daniel 10:8 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.