his glory extending even to Moses and Elijah. These two personalities are here privileged to speak to Jesus because each had a vision of God on the Holy Mountain, Sinai or Horeb respectively (in the Old Testament, these are two names for the same mountain). The Voice from heaven at the baptism had been addressed to Jesus himself (in Mark and Luke); now the Voice is a public declaration of Jesus’ Sonship, and authorizes him to all as the Chosen Teacher. Luke centres the scene especially clearly on
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