28And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
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And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; …
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. …
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, …
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-36)We have here the narrative of Christ’s transfiguration, which was designed for a specimen of that glory of his in which he will come to judge the world, of which he had lately been speaking, and, consequently, an encouragement to his disciples to suffer for him, and never to be ashamed of him. We had this account before in Matthew and Mark, and it is well worthy to be repeated to us, and reconside…
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