30And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
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For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. …
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: …
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; …
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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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