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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 1 And after six days,.... That is, so long after Christ's conversation with his disciples at Caesarea Philippi, Peter's confession of him, and the reproof he gave him, upon his intimating that he should suffer and die, and Christ's resentment of it; after he had discoursed about his disciples taking up their cross, and following him; and of...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. Christ in his pomp and glory transfigured, ver. 1-13. II. Christ in his power and grace, casting the devil out of a child, ver. 14-21. And, III. Christ in his poverty and great humiliation, 1. Foretelling his own sufferings, ver. 22, 23. 2. Paying tribute, ver. 24-27. So that here is Christ, the Brightness of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Were these “six days” a week’s quiet interval, in which our Lord prepared himself for the singular transaction upon the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And after six days — Luke says, “about an eight days after these sayings;” but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. “After six days,” — and the first day was, probably, the first day of the week, so he was now coming to another Lord’s day. One of the high Christian festivals of the life of Christ was about to be celebrated. Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up unto an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. “White and glistering,” says Luke; “exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them,” says Mark.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And was transfigured before them,.... Peter, James, and John, before whom he was metamorphosed, or changed into another form; for not the substance of his body was changed, nor even the shape of it altered, only it received a more glorious form; that whereas before he appeared in the form of a servant, and looked mean and despicable, now he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold there appeared unto them,.... The disciples: Moses and Elias; Moses the giver of the law, and Elias one of the chief of the prophets: one of them had been dead near a thousand and five hundred years, and the other had been caught up to heaven, about nine hundred years before this. The Jews sometimes speak of these two as together. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Thus the Law and the Prophets, “Moses and Elias,” communed with our Lord, “talking with him,” and entering into familiar conversation with their Lord. Saints long departed still live; live in their personality; are known by their names; and enjoy near access to Christ. It is a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, — As if this was a great wonder. The transfiguration of Christ could scarcely be called miraculous, for it is according to the nature of Christ that his face should shine, and his very raiment become glorious. Mat_17:3. There appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Moses, the great representative of the law, and Elias,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus,.... Which was, as Luke informs us, after he, and James, and John, awoke out of sleep; for it being night when Christ was transfigured, and they weary, were overpressed, and fell asleep on the mount, as they afterwards did in the garden with him: but when they were awaked, either by the talk of the men with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. The sight spoke to the three beholders, and they felt bound to answer to it. Peter must speak: “Then answered Peter.” That which is upper—most comes out: “Lord, it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. If Peter had known that hymn by Dr. Watts, — “My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss;” — he would have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While he yet spake,.... That is, while Peter was proposing the above to Christ, before an answer could be given by him, and which was unworthy of one, another scene of things presents, and a full answer is returned him by a voice from the Father; directing him and his fellow disciples, to attend to Jesus only, and not to Moses and Elias; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. “While he yet spake.” Such wild talk might well be interrupted. What a blessed interruption! We may often thank the Lord for stopping our babbling. “A bright cloud...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: The Shekinah cloud, which was the type of the divine presence in the wilderness, — bright, yet a cloud, softening the excessive glory of the face of Jesus with its overshadowing, yet casting no dimness upon it: “a bright cloud overshadowed them:”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. We cannot bear for God to come too near us; for we are such frail earthen vessels that, if he reveals his glory too much within us, we are ready to break.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the disciples heard it,.... The voice out of the cloud, and which they apprehended came from God, and was uttered with so much majesty: they fell on their face: not so much out of reverence, or for the sake of adoration, but as persons struck with astonishment and fear, and were as half dead; and so fell with their faces fiat to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus came and touched them,.... The disciples were at some little distance from Christ, but he observing the fear and surprise they were in, came to their relief and assistance; which he did not disdain to give, notwithstanding the glory he was covered with; but acts the part of a mediator between God and them, and lays hold on them to raise...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. Ay, it was Jesus only who could give them comfort; and I have to say, — “Till God in human flesh I see, My thoughts no comfort find; The holy, just, and sacred Three Are terrors to my mind. “But if Immanuel’s face appear, My hope, my joy, begins; His name forbids my slavish fear,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they had lift up their eyes,.... And "looked round about", as Mark says, to see whether the same objects still continued, as Moses and Elias; and the bright cloud: they saw no man; neither Moses nor Elias, who were both gone: signifying, that though the law and the prophets were till this time, they were now finished and completed, and...