was transfigured before them St Luke mentions that this was "as He prayed." The glorified change may be illustrated by Mark 16:12, "He appeared in another formunto two of them." The word implies more than a change of mere outward semblance.

as the light A hint that the Transfiguration took place at night, which is also rendered probable by the statement of St Luke that the three apostles were "heavy with sleep," that they "kept awake," that they descended "the next day," ch. Matthew 9:32; Matthew 9:37.

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