Matthew 17:2 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 17:2

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

KJV

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ASV

and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.

WEB

There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

YLT

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

DBT

And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light;

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Exodus 34:29
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.
Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Revelation 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Matthew 28:3
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Daniel 7:9
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

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And Peter, and they that were with him, were overpowered with sleep; and when they awoke, they saw his glory, and the two men who were with him. And it happened, while they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

16 ), covers himself with light, Ps. civ. And therefore when Christ would appear in the form of God, he appeared in light, the most glorious of all visible beings, the first-born of the creation, and most nearly resembling the eternal Parent. Christ is the Light; while he was in the world, he shined in darkness, and therefore the world knew him not ( John i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

His face shone with Divine majesty, like the sun in its strength; and all his body was so irradiated by it, that his clothes could not conceal its glory, but became white and glittering as the very light, with which he covered himself as with a garment.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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