After six days] Lk 'after about eight days,' either an independent calculation or another way of reckoning. An high mountain] not Mt. Tabor, the top of which was occupied by a fortress, but more probably Hermon, which is near Caesarea Philippi, and is an 'exceeding high mountain '(9,000 ft.), which Tabor is not (1,800 ft.). 2. Transfigured] lit. 'metamorphosed.' The glory of the Godhead burst through the veil of flesh. St. Luke alone mentions that the change took place while Jesus was praying.
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Matthew 17:1
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,