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,… It is impossible to look up from the plain to the towering peaks of Hermon, almost the only mountain which deserves the name in Palestine — and one of those ancient titles ("the Lofty Peak") was derived from this very circumstance — and not be struck with its appropriateness to the scene .... High up on its southern slopes there must be many a point where the disciples could be taken " apart by themselves." Even the transient comparison of the celestial splendour with the snow, where alone it could be seen from Palestine, should not, perhaps, be wholly overlooked. (Dean Stanley.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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