Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 17:3
Moses and Elijah were recognised through the supernatural power of insight which enabled them to be seen.
Moses and Elijah were recognised through the supernatural power of insight which enabled them to be seen.
Verse Matthew 17:3. _MOSES AND ELIAS_] Elijah came from heaven in the same body which he had upon earth, for he was _translated_, and did not see death, 2 Kings 2:11. And the body of Moses was probab...
AND BEHOLD THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM MOSES AND ELIAS - Moses, a distinguished servant of God, by whom the law was given, and whose institutions typified the Messiah. It was particularly proper that he...
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
THE TRANSFIGURATION, AND THE COMING OF ELIJAH (Mark 9:2 *, Luke 9:28). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7. The fear of the disci...
Six days after, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brought them by themselves to a high mountain, and his appearance was changed in their presence. His face shone like the sun, and...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. APPEARED. App-106. MOSES. Representing the Law, and those to be raised from the dead. See note on Matthew 8:4. ELIAS. Elijah. Representin...
_Moses and Elias_ (Elijah). The representatives of the Law and the Prophets. The whole history of the Jewish Church is brought in one glance, as it were, before the Apostles" eyes in its due relation...
ΜΩΫΣΗ͂Σ ΚΑῚ ἩΛΊΑΣ (Elijah). The representatives of the Law and the Prophets. The whole history of the Jewish Church is brought in one glance, as it were, before the Apostles’ eyes in its due relation...
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
Ver l. And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and...
_JESUS IN HIS GLORY, TRANSFIGURED MATTHEW 17:1-13:_ It was probably on Mount Hermon that the transfiguration took place. Jesus had gone up on this mountain to pray. Luke describes it this way, "Now it...
ΏΦΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть; _pass._ виднеться, являться. О гл. в форме ед. ч. при подлежащем во мн. ч. _см._ BD, 74f. ΣΥΛΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΥΛΛΑΛΈΩ (G4814) говорить,...
AND BEHOLD, THERE APPEARED—MOSES AND ELIAS— See Luke 9:30., &c. respecting the remainder of this transaction....
Section 42 TRANSFIGURED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN JESUS SHOWS HIS GLORY TO PETER, JAMES AND JOHN (Parallels: Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36) TEXT: 17:1-13 1 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and Jam...
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28. The time of this section is su...
28 See 2Pe_1:16-18. 28 This prediction was fulfilled about a week later when He took His most intimate disciples with Him and they saw His power and presence and were spectators of His magnificence (2...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
MOSES AND ELIAS. — The identification of the forms which the disciples saw was, we may well believe, intuitive. If we accept the narrative as a whole, it is legitimate to assume that, in the state of...
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13; Matthew 17:1 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rej...
καὶ ἰδού introduces a leading and remarkable feature in the scene: ὤφθη αὐτοῖς, there appeared to the three disciples, not necessarily an absolutely real, objective presence of Moses and Elias. All pu...
_The Transfiguration_ (Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)....
JESUS SHOWS DIVINE GLORY Matthew 17:1-8 _Moses'_ face shone after having absorbed the divine glory, as some diamonds burn with sunlight after being carried into a dark room. _Stephen's face_ shone be...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
Moses and Elias. Jesus Christ had been taken by the people for Elias, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He therefore chose the chief of all the prophets to be present, that he might shew his great sup...
CHAPTER 37 TRANSFIGURATION Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36. Mark: “And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain, privately,...
"And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." Moses and Elias were seen, and it should seem were known by the Apostles, though the former had been dead fifteen hundred year...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
3._And, lo, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah. _It is asked, Were _Moses and Elijah _actually present? or was it only an apparition that was exhibited to the disciples, as the prophets frequentl...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
AND BEHOLD THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM,.... The disciples: MOSES AND ELIAS; Moses the giver of the law, and Elias one of the chief of the prophets: one of them had been dead near a thousand and five hun...
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Ver. 3. _Moses and Elias appeared_] Those _immortalitalis candidali, _ as the ancients called them. God had buried Moses, but b...
_And behold_ To heighten the grandeur and solemnity of the scene; _there appeared unto them_ That is, unto the disciples as well as Jesus; _Moses and Elias_ Luke says, _two men, which were Moses and E...
MOSES AND ELIAS; the representatives of "the law and the prophets" here appear in glory, but subordinate to the Saviour. Thus the unity of the old and new dispensation is set forth, and also the supre...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM MOSES AND ELIAS, TALKING WITH HIM....
A further revelation:...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
1-13 Now the disciples beheld somewhat of Christ's glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. It was intended to support their faith, when they would have to witness his crucifixion; and would giv...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:4"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And for this reason did He [the Lord] confer with him face to face on the top of a mountain, Elias being also present, as the Gospel relates,[294] Tertullian A Trea...
Matthew 17:3 And G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) Moses G3475 and G2532 Elijah G2243 appeared G3700 (G5681) them...
‘And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him.' And then to cap His glory Moses and Elijah appeared before the amazed eyes of the disciples and talked with Him. Men of Heaven c...
Matthew 17:3. AND BEHOLD. The second stage of the miraculous occurrence. THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM. These persons were really present. It was not a vision, as is plain from the account of Luke. MOSE...
After our Lord's prediction of His sufferings and hint of His glory (chap. Matthew 16:21-28), three chosen disciples receive a supernatural testimony and pledge of that glory. But the primary purpose...
THERE APPEARED (ωφθη). Singular aorist passive verb with Moses (to be understood also with Elijah), but the participle συνλαλουντες is plural agreeing with both. "Sufficient objectivity is guarantee...
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun...
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days_ Luke says, «about an eight days after these sayings;» but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. «After six days,» and the first day was, probably,...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
MOSES AND ELIJAH. Both were special in Jewish thinking. Elijah had not died at all (2 Kings 2:11), being taken directly in a "chariot of fire." Moses, who at the moment of death, was snatched bodily f...
_And was transfigured before them._ THE MOUNT OF VISION I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to us,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:3 MOSES AND ELIJAH represent the Law and the Prophets, which bear witness to Jesus as the Messiah (compare Matthew 5:17)....
JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN MATTHEW 17:1-13; MARK 9:2-13; LUKE 9:28-36; MATTHEW 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, Jame
CHAPTER 17 _And after six days_, &c. There seems to be here a discrepancy with Luke 9:28, who says, _it came to pass about an eight days after these things._ S. Jerome answers, "The solution is simple...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:1. AFTER SIX DAYS.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is c...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:36; 2 Corinthians 3:7; 2 Kings 2:11;...
There appeared Moses and Elijah — Here for the full confirmation of their faith in Jesus, Moses, the giver of the law, Elijah, the most zealous of all the prophets, and God speaking from heaven, all b...
Observe here, the glorious attendance upon our Saviour at his glorious transfiguration; they were two men, Moses and Elias. This being but. glimpse of Christ's glory, not. full manifestation of it, on...