Matthew 17:1 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 17:1

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

BSB

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ASV

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:

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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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Chapter 17 - Verse 1) And after six days, Jesus took Peter and James, and John his brother. Why Peter, James, and John are separated from the others in some places in the Gospels, or what privilege they have over the other apostles, we have frequently discussed. Now it is asked how he assumed them after six days, and led them to a high mountain apart: since the evangelist Luke mentions the number eight (Luke 9). But the answer is easy, because here the intermediate days are placed, the first and the last are added.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

That is, so long after Christ's conversation with his disciples at Caesarea Philippi, Peter's confession of him, and the reproof he gave him, upon his intimating that he should suffer and die, and Christ's resentment of it; after he had discoursed about his disciples taking up their cross, and following him; and of men's losing and finding their lives; and after the promise, or prophecy, that he had given out, that some then present should not die, until he came into his kingdom.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were present when he raised the damsel to life, Mark v. 37 . They were afterward to be the witnesses of his agony, and this was to prepare them for that. Note, A sight of Christ's glory, while we are here in this world, is a good preparative for our sufferings with him, as these are preparatives for the sight of his glory in the other world.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Mat 17:1-9. See also Mar 9:2-10; Luk 9:28-36. And after six days - That is, six days from the conversation recorded in the last chapter. Luke Luk 9:28 says, about an eight days after. Matthew mentions the six days that intervened between the day of the conversation and the transfiguration. Luke includes both those days, and thus reckons eight. Besides, Luke does not pretend to fix the precise time. He says, “about an eight days after.” Taketh Peter, and James, and John - These three disciples were with him, also, in the garden of Gethsemane, Mar 14:

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
μεθ᾽	meth᾽	after	G3326 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
ἓξ	hex	six	G1803 →
παραλαμβάνει	paralambanei	takes with [Him]	G3880 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρον	Petron	Peter	G4074 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἰάκωβον	Iakōbon	James	G2385 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸν	adelphon	brother	G80 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀναφέρει	anapherei	brings up	G399 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ὄρος	oros	a mountain	G3735 →
ὑψηλὸν	hupsēlon	high	G5308 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	on	G2596 →
ἰδίαν.	idian	[their] own.	G2398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
leads to
- Matthew 18:16
  But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
- Deuteronomy 19:15
  A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
- Deuteronomy 17:6
  On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
- John 8:17–18
  Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- Numbers 35:30
  If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a…
Through
2 Peter 1:18
And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
leads to
- Matthew 17:6
  When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
Through
Matthew 26:37
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
leads to
- Matthew 4:21
  Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
Through
Mark 5:37
And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
leads to
- Acts 9:40
  Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew