Matthew 17:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

We have here thee story o Christ's transfiguration; he ha said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story; as if Christ's transfiguration were intended for a specimen and an earnest of the kingdom of Christ, and of that light and love of his, which therein appears to his select and sanctified ones. Peter speaks of this as the power and coming of our Lord Jesus (2 Pet. 1:16); because it was an emanation... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:1-8

17:1-8 Six days after, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brought them by themselves to a high mountain, and his appearance was changed in their presence. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. And, look you, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is a fine thing for us to be here. I will make three booths, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." While he was still speaking, look... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:1-8

There on the mountain slopes two great figures appeared to Jesus--Moses and Elijah. It is fascinating to see in how many respects the experience of these two great servants of God matched the experience of Jesus. When Moses came down from the mountain of Sinai, he did not know that the skin of his face shone ( Exodus 34:29 ). Both Moses and Elijah had their most intimate experiences of God on a mountain top. It was into Mount Sinai that Moses went to receive the tables of the law ( Exodus... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:1-8

But the episode of the Transfiguration did something not only for Jesus but for the disciples also. (i) The minds of the disciples must have been still hurt and bewildered by the insistence of Jesus that he must go to Jerusalem to suffer and to die. It must have looked to them as if there was nothing but black shame ahead. But start to finish, the whole atmosphere of the Mountain of Transfiguration is glory. Jesus' face shone like the sun, and his garments glistened and gleamed like the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:2

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 appeared in the form and majesty of God; or there was a divine glory; which from his deity showed itself in a visible manner through his flesh: and... read more

Adam Clarke

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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:2

Verse 2 2.And was transfigured before them. Luke says that this happened while he was praying; and from the circumstances of time and place, we may infer that he had prayed for what he now obtained, that in the brightness of an unusual form his Godhead might become visible; not that he needed to ask by prayer from another what he did not possess, or that he doubted his Father’s willingness, but because, during the whole course of his humiliation, he always ascribed to the Father whatever he did... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:1-8

The Transfiguration. Raphael's famous picture at the Vatican gives us an external representation of this wonderful event. But we want to get behind the canvas and discover the meaning of it, if it is to be something more to us than a theatrical transformation scene, something better than a spectacular display. I. THE GLORY OF CHRIST . The external splendour had a meaning. If it was not a purely artificial radiance created in order to dazzle the eyes of the disciples, it must have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:1-8

The Transfiguration. The intention of this scene seems to have been to inaugurate the sufferings of Christ, and to set him apart as the Lamb of God who was to take away the sin of the world. Being a public event, it behoved that it should be witnessed, and the same three men are chosen as witnesses of the rehearsal of his sufferings who are afterwards witnesses of the sufferings themselves in Gethsemane—the three most closely bound to him in affection. On both occasions their conduct proved... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:1-8

The Transfiguration. "And six days after." This note refers to the conversation Jesus had with his disciples, in which he said, "The Son of man shall come," etc. (quote Matthew 16:27 , Matthew 16:28 ). But the apostles are all dead, and the kingdom is still future. The Transfiguration, then, must be viewed as a symbolic anticipation and pledge of the kingdom, and Peter and James and John were those referred to who should not taste death until they had seen the Son of man coming in his... read more

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