Matthew 17:4

Matthew 17:4. Lord, it is good for us to be here, etc. Luke, ‘not knowing what he saith,' to which Mark adds: ‘for they became sore afraid' He wished to remain there, and perhaps to detain Moses and Elijah, since they were about to depart (Luke 9:33). The glory was so dazzling, the privilege seemed so great, the companionship so choice, that he would cling to the enjoyment, and let the toils and duties of the future go.

I will make. The other accounts (and the common reading here) have: ‘let us make.' ‘I' indicates ardent, self-confident feeling.

Three tabernacles, or ‘booths.' Peter speaks of a ‘tabernacle' (2 Peter 1:13-14) just before referring to this event

One for thee, etc. Lange: ‘That form of anti-christian error which appeals to the authority of Peter has given rise to the erection of three tabernacles (Moses: the Greek Church; Elijah: the Roman Church; Christ: the Evangelical Church).' This analogy is not to be pressed. Peter, in his inconsiderateness, may have thought of inaugurating a new communion, with Christ for its centre, Moses its lawgiver, and Elijah its zealot, thus amalgamating externally the Old and New Testaments.