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- Verse 1
Matthew 17:1
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter , James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart ,
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Barnes' Notes
Mat 17:1-9. See also Mar 9:2-10; Luk 9:28-36. And after six days - That is, six days from the conversation recorded in the last chapter. Luke Luk 9:28 says, about an eight days after. Matthew mentions…
We have here the story of Christ's transfiguration; he had said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story;…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Mat 17:1-13. The Transfiguration
Mar 9:2-13; Luk 9:28-36
1. after six days Within a week of Peter's confession. St Luke has "about an eight days after," according to the common Jewish reckoning, by…
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