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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:5

A bright cloud overshadowed them. The cloud spread over and around, not Jesus only and the other two, but in some degree over the apostles also, as St. Luke adds, "They feared as they entered into the cloud." It was the Shechinah, the token of the presence of the Most High, who dwelleth in the unapproachable light. It enshrouded Jesus and his two companions, so that mortal eye could not pierce it or even look upon it; but the apostles, who were outside its immediate contact, were in some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:5

A repetition of the Divine approval. The Transfiguration does not stand alone in our Lord's life. There are two other scenes with which it may be compared. "The one is the descent of the Holy Ghost on him, under the symbol of a brooding dove, after his baptism." The other is the sound as of thunder, and the responding voice of the Father, saying of his Father-Name, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." And it should be noticed that the first direct manifestation of God to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:1

Matthew 17:1-9. See also Mark 9:2-10; Luke 9:28-36.And after six days - That is, six days from the conversation recorded in the last chapter.Luke Luke 9:28 says, about an eight days after. Matthew mentions the six days that intervened between the day of the conversation and the transfiguration. Luke includes both those days, and thus reckons eight. Besides, Luke does not pretend to fix the precise time. He says, “about an eight days after.”Taketh Peter, and James, and John - These three... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:2

And was transfigured before them - The word “transfigure” means to change the appearance or form. It does not denote the change of the substance of a thing, but simply of its appearance. It puts on a new aspect. What this change was we are expressly told.1. His face shone as the sun; that is, with a special brightness. A similar appearance is described respecting Moses when he came down from the mount, Exodus 34:29-30. See also Hebrews 1:3, where Christ is called the brightness of the glory of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:3

And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias - Moses, a distinguished servant of God, by whom the law was given, and whose institutions typified the Messiah. It was particularly proper that he should appear, when his prophecies and types were about to be fulfilled, and the rites which he had instituted were about to be done away. Elias, or Elijah, a distinguished prophet, taken to heaven without seeing death. See 2 Kings 2:11. Elijah had been honored eminently by being thus translated,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:4

Let us make here three tabernacles - A tabernacle is a tent. It was made, commonly, by fixing posts into the ground, and stretching on them cloth fastened by cords. See the notes at Isaiah 33:20. In some instances they were made of branches of trees a temporary shelter from the sun and rain, not a permanent dwelling. Peter was rejoiced at the vision and desirous of continuing it. He proposed, therefore, that they should prolong this interview and dwell there. Mark adds, “For he wist not (that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:5

A bright cloud overshadowed them - The word “overshadow” here means, rather, to “be diffused” or “spread” over them. It does not mean that it made a shade. A cloud was the symbol of the divine presence. Thus, God went before the Israelites in a cloudy pillar - dark by day and bright by night Exodus 14:19-20; he appeared on Mount Sinai in a cloud bright by fire Exodus 24:15-17; and a cloud, the symbol of the divine presence - called the Shechinah - dwelt continually in the most holy place in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:1-2

Matthew 17:1-2. After six days Reckoning exclusively from that in which the discourse recorded in the preceding chapter was delivered, to that on which the transfiguration took place, or, including those two days, about eight days after, as Luke has it: Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother The three disciples whom he honoured with a peculiar intimacy, (see Mark 5:37; and Matthew 26:37,) and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart From the people and his other disciples.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:3-4

Matthew 17:3-4. And behold To heighten the grandeur and solemnity of the scene; there appeared unto them That is, unto the disciples as well as Jesus; Moses and Elias Luke says, two men, which were Moses and Elias, and Mark, Elias with Moses. Moses, the great lawgiver of the Jews, and Elijah, who had been a most zealous restorer and defender of the law, appeared in the glories of immortality, wherewith the blessed above are adorned: talking with him And, according to Luke, the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:5-8

Matthew 17:5-8. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them Such, probably, as took possession first of the tabernacle, and afterward of Solomon’s temple, when those holy places were consecrated. See Exodus 40:34; 1 Kings 8:10-11; where we are told that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. This, it is well known, used to be termed the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:1-2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:5-8

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