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12 Bible verses about the Transfiguration KJV

Jesus took three disciples up a mountain and changed in front of them, with Moses and Elijah beside him and a voice from a cloud. These verses cover the account in all three Gospels and what Peter wrote about it decades later.

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Matthew 17:1-2 · KJV

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Matthew 17:3 · KJV

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Matthew 17:5 · KJV

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Matthew 17:6-7 · KJV

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

Matthew 17:8 · KJV

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

Mark 9:2-3 · KJV

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Mark 9:7 · KJV

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

Luke 9:29 · KJV

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

Luke 9:32 · KJV

But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

Luke 9:35 · KJV

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

2 Peter 1:16-18 · KJV

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Exodus 34:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

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