The Transfiguration
After six days, Jesus
took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into
a high mountain by themselves. He was transfigured before them.
His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the
light. Behold, Moses and
Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
Peter answered, and
said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want,
let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah."
While he was still
speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came
out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased. Listen to him."
When the disciples
heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. Jesus came and touched them and
said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
Lifting up their eyes,
they saw no one, except Jesus alone. As they were coming down from the
mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell
anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the
dead."
His disciples asked
him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come
first?"
Jesus answered them,
"Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all
things, but I tell you
that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to
him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by
them." Then
the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Matthew 17:1-13
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