Luke 9:28–29
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The Transfiguration
9:28Now95 about eight days96 after these sayings, Jesus97 took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray. 9:29As98 he was praying,99 the appearance of his face was transformed,100 and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.101
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- 95 Grk “Now it happened that about.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
- 96 Matt 17:1 and Mark 9:2 specify the interval more exactly, saying it was the sixth day. Luke uses ὡσεί (hōsei, “about”) to give an approximate reference.
- 97 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 98 Grk “And as.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
- 99 Here the preposition ἐν (en) plus the dative articular aorist infinitive has been translated as a temporal clause ( ).
- 100 Or “the appearance of his face became different.” In 1st century Judaism and in the NT, there was the belief that the righteous get new, glorified bodies in order to enter heaven (1 Cor 15:42–49; 2 Cor 5:1–10). This transformation means the righteous will share the glory of God. One recalls the way Moses shared the Lord’s glory after his visit to the mountain in Exod 34. So the disciples saw the appearance of his face transformed, and they were getting a sneak preview of the great glory that Jesus would have (only his glory is more inherent to him as one who shares in the rule of the kingdom).
- 101 Or “became bright as a flash of lightning” (cf. ἐξαστράπτω); or “became brilliant as light” (cf. λευκός 1).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
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NLTNew Living Translation
About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Now it happened that about eight days after these words, he took along Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing became white, gleaming like lightning.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
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