law and for eclipsing God’s glory by making presumptuous claims for himself. Yet, Chrysostom rebuts, the vision of Moses, mediator of God’s law, and of Elijah, guardian of God’s honor, certifies that Jesus is against neither God’s law nor God’s honor; otherwise they would not have had this meeting with Jesus. This is the main point; the similarities between Moses and Elijah are marginal but interesting: both did miracles, suffered, honored the law, were prophets, received revelations on mountains,
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