Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 9:28-36
See an account of the transfiguration in Matthew 17:1-13, and Mark 9:2-13.Luke 9:29The fashion - The “appearance.”Glistering - Shining like lightning - of a bright, dazzling whiteness. As Mark says, “more white than any fuller could make it.”Luke 9:31In glory - Of a glorious appearance. Of an appearance like that which the saints have in heaven.His decease - literally, his “exit” or “departure.” The word translated here “decease” - that is, exit, or “going out” - is elsewhere used to denote... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:29
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, etc. The marvellous change evidently passed over Jesus while he was in prayer, probably because of his intense prayer. Real, close communion with God ever imparts to the countenance of the one who has thus entered into communion with the High and Holy One, a new and strange beauty. Very many have noticed at times this peculiar and lovely change pass over the faces of God's true saints as they prayed—faces perhaps old and... read more