“And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.”
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them — the six days connects the transfiguration directly to the Caesarea Philippi confession and passion prediction sequence. The high mountain is the place of divine encounter throughout Scripture — Sinai, Horeb, the mount of beatitudes. The inner three (Peter, James, John) who were present at the raising of Jairus's daughter are the witnesses here. Transfigured (metamorphoō) — his essential nature is revealed through his physical appearance, the divine glory that is normally concealed breaking through.
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