And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered. Before He cried He was answered, and while he was yet speaking He was heard. Blessed interruption to prayer this!
And his raiment was white and glistering. х exastraptoon (G1823)]. Matthew says "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light" (Matthew 17:2). Mark's description is, as usual, intense and vivid: "His raiment became shining" х stilbonte (G4744)] or 'glittering,' "exceeding white as snow х leuka (G3022) lian (G3029) hoos (G5613) chioon (G5510)], so as no fuller on earth can white them" (Mark 9:3) These particulars were doubtless communicated to Mark by Peter, on whom they made such deep impression, that in his second Epistle he refers to them in language of special strength and grandeur (2 Peter 1:16-18). Putting all the accounts together, it would appear that the light shone, not upon Him from without, but out of Him from within: He was all irradiated: It was one blaze of dazzling celestial glory; it was Himself glorified. What a contrast now to that "visage more marred than any man, and His form than the sons of men"! (Isaiah 52:14).