“And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.”
And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. The appearance of Moses and Elijah — the great representatives of the Law and the Prophets — communicates that Jesus is the fulfillment of both. Luke 9:31 reveals that their conversation concerned Jesus' exodus (departure) which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem — connecting the transfiguration directly to the passion that Matthew 16:21 has just predicted. Moses and Elijah are conversing with the one toward whom all their work pointed.
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