Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. New Living Translation And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white. English Standard Version And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. Berean Standard Bible And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white. Berean Literal Bible And it came to pass in His praying, the appearance of His face was altered, and His clothing became dazzling white. King James Bible And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. New King James Version As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. New American Standard Bible And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. NASB 1995 And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. NASB 1977 And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. Legacy Standard Bible And it happened that while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. Amplified Bible As He was praying, the appearance of His face became different [actually transformed], and His clothing became white and flashing with the brilliance of lightning. Christian Standard Bible As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Holman Christian Standard Bible As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became dazzling white. American Standard Version And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became white and dazzling. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And as he prayed, the appearance of his face was transfigured and his garments became white and they were shining. Contemporary English Version While he was praying, his face changed, and his clothes became shining white. Douay-Rheims Bible And whilst he prayed, the shape of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became white and glittering. English Revised Version And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became white and dazzling. GOD'S WORD® Translation While Jesus was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Good News Translation While he was praying, his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white. International Standard Version While he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes turned dazzling white. Literal Standard Version and it came to pass, in His praying, the appearance of His face became altered, and His clothing became flashing white. Majority Standard Bible And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white. New American Bible While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. NET Bible As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white. New Revised Standard Version And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. New Heart English Bible As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling. Webster's Bible Translation And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistening. Weymouth New Testament And while He was praying the appearance of His face underwent a change, and His clothing became white and radiant. World English Bible As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling. Young's Literal Translation and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Transfiguration28About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. 29And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white. 30Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.… Cross References Mark 9:3 His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. Mark 16:12 After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country. Luke 3:21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, Luke 5:16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray. Luke 6:12 In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. Luke 9:18 One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: "Who do the crowds say I am?" Luke 9:30 Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus. Treasury of Scripture And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. Exodus 34:29-35 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him… Isaiah 33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Jump to Previous Altered Appearance Bright Change Changed Clothes Clothing Countenance Dazzling Different Face Fashion Flash Garment Gleaming Glistening Glistering Lightning Prayed Prayer Praying Radiant Raiment Sparkling Underwent WhiteJump to Next Altered Appearance Bright Change Changed Clothes Clothing Countenance Dazzling Different Face Fashion Flash Garment Gleaming Glistening Glistering Lightning Prayed Prayer Praying Radiant Raiment Sparkling Underwent WhiteLuke 9 1. Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach.7. Herod desires to see Jesus. 10. The apostles return. 12. Jesus feeds five thousand; 18. inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion; 23. proposes to all the pattern of his patience. 28. The transfiguration. 37. He heals the lunatic; 43. again forewarns his disciples of his passion; 46. commends humility; 51. bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge. 57. Many would follow him, but upon conditions. (29) And as he prayed.--We again note, as characteristic of St. Luke, the stress laid upon our Lord's prayers here, as before in Luke 3:21; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12. The fashion of his countenance was altered.--It is, perhaps, noticeable that the Evangelist who had the most classical culture avoids the use of the classical word "transfigured" or "metamorphosed," employed by the others. For him that word might have seemed too suggestive of the "metamorphoses" which the great work of Ovid had connected with the legends of Greek mythology. Verse 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 withered, grey with years and wrinkled with care. A yet higher degree of transfiguration through communion with God is recorded in the case of Moses, whose face, after he had been with his God-Friend on the mount, shone with so bright a glory that mortal eye could not bear to gaze on it until the radiance began to fade away. A similar change is recorded to have taken place in the case of Stephen when he pleaded his Divine Master's cause in the Sanhedrin hall at Jerusalem with such rapt eloquence that to the by-standers his face then, we read, "was as the face of an angel." Stephen told his audience later on, in the course of that earnest and impassioned pleading, that to him the very heavens were opened, and that his eyes were positively gazing on the beatific vision. Yet a step higher still was this transfiguration of our Lord. St. Luke tells us simply that, "as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered." St. Matthew tells us how it was altered when he writes that "his countenance shone as the sun." And his raiment was white and glistering; literally, lightening forth, as if from some inward source of glorious light. The earthly robes were so beautified by contact with this Divine light that human language is exhausted by the evangelists to find terms and metaphors to picture them. St. Matthew compares these garments of the Blessed One to light; St. Mark, to the snow; St. Luke, to the flashing lightning.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. as ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. He αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. was praying, προσεύχεσθαι (proseuchesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Strong's 4336: To pray, pray for, offer prayer. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Supplicate, worship. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. appearance εἶδος (eidos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 1491: Visible form, shape, appearance, outward show, kind, species, class. From eido; a view, i.e. Form. of τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. face προσώπου (prosōpou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person. changed, ἕτερον (heteron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. clothes ἱματισμὸς (himatismos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2441: A collective word: raiment, clothing. From himatizo; clothing. became radiantly ἐξαστράπτων (exastraptōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1823: To flash forth like lightning, gleam, be radiant. From ek and astrapto; to lighten forth, i.e. to be radiant. white. λευκὸς (leukos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3022: White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white. Links Luke 9:29 NIVLuke 9:29 NLT Luke 9:29 ESV Luke 9:29 NASB Luke 9:29 KJV Luke 9:29 BibleApps.com Luke 9:29 Biblia Paralela Luke 9:29 Chinese Bible Luke 9:29 French Bible Luke 9:29 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 9:29 As he was praying the appearance (Luke Lu Lk) |
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