Matthew 17:8
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
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
they saw no man, save Jesus only Christ, who came to fulfil the Law and the Prophets, is left alone. To His voice alone the Church will listen.