Matthew 17:1-13 And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into an high mountain apart,… I. Took place amid the grandeurs of nature. II. Was witnessed by three of Christ's most favoured disciples. III. Consisted in an outshining of the enshrined Divinity. IV. Was heightened by the presence of two of the greatest men of past history. V. Was accompanied by a voice of approval from heaven. VI. Did not destroy the human sympathies of the Saviour. He did not rebuke the ecstatic idea of St. Peter. He calmed their fears. (Anon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, |
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