Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:2
Was transfigured - That fullness of the Godhead, which dwelt bodily in Christ, now shone forth through the human nature, and manifested to his disciples not only that Divinity which Peter had before confessed, Matthew 16:16 , but also the glorious resurrection body, in which they should exist in the presence of God to eternity. White as the light - But the Cod. Bezae, some of the ancient versions, and several of the fathers, read ως χιων , as snow; and this is the reading in Mark... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:8
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 the Mosaic economy was to be no more; as these men appeared no more after, nor will they till the second coming of Christ. And Mark has it,... read more