26 aFor whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be bashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
27 aBut I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”
Jesus Transfigured on the Mount
28 aNow it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.
30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were aMoses and bElijah,
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Luke 9:28.
Luke 9:28
Now you might notice that there is a difference between Luke's reckoning and Matthew's and Mark's reckoning. Matthew and Mark say six days. Luke says eight days. The only difference is the time or the point from which they begin to count. Matthew's and Mark's took place six days after the things that He said that included, Get behind Me, Satan! Luke included all of the events of chapter 16, which took a couple of days to unfold. And so his is naturally then, longer, eight days rather than six days.
Why did they go up to the mountain to pray?
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