And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
And was transfigured before them - The word “transfigure” means to change the appearance or form. It does not denote the change of the substance of a thing, but simply of its appearance. It puts on a…
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;…
Cambridge Bible
was transfigured before them St Luke mentions that this was "as He prayed." The glorified change may be illustrated by Mar 16:12, "He appeared in another formunto two of them." The word implies more…
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