Six days later. Luke says about a week. Jesus took with him. Peter, James, and John were the three chosen to be the closest associates of Jesus. Up a high mountain. Not Mount Tabor, since there was a town and a fortress on its top [as Josephus the historian tells us in his book]. It must have been Mt. Hermon, and, Jesus was already near to it (see note on Matthew 16:13). Hermon was 10,000 feet high, and could be seen from most of Palestine.

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