{"id":9750,"date":"2024-08-27T12:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9750"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:28:37","slug":"matthew-chapter-17-the-transfiguration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9750","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 17 The Transfiguration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17&nbsp;<\/strong>After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John&nbsp;the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Peter said to Jesus, \u201cLord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters\u2014one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, \u201cThis is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&nbsp;Listen to him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>But Jesus came and touched them.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0404\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cGet up,\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>he said.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0202\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d\u00a0<\/mark><sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fc0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cDon\u2019t tell anyone\u00a0what you have seen, until the Son of Man\u00a0has been raised from the dead.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>The disciples asked him, \u201cWhy then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus replied,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cTo be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.\u00a0<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>But I tell you, Elijah has already come,\u00a0and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished.\u00a0In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer\u00a0at their hands.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17&nbsp;After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John&nbsp;the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.&nbsp;2&nbsp;There he was transfigured before them. 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