The Shining Face
Matthew 17:1-13
And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into an high mountain apart,…


The face of Moses had shone, but as the moon, with a borrowed, reflected light; but Christ's shone as the sun, with an innate, inherent light, which was the more sensibly glorious because it suddenly broke out as it were from behind a black cloud.

(Matthew Henry.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

WEB: After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.




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