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The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event described in the New Testament where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. [1] [2] The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–13, Luke 9:28–36) recount the occasion, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it.
The Transfiguration of Jesus has been an important subject in Christian art, above all in the Eastern church, some of whose most striking icons show the scene. The Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy , and so is widely ...
Mount Hermon (2,814 metres or 9,232 feet high) was suggested by J. Lightfoot (1602–1675) and R. H. Fuller (1915–2007) [2] for two reasons: It is the highest site in the area [given that the Transfiguration took place on "a high mountain" (Matthew 17:1)], and it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place.
Transfiguration of Jesus, an event in the Bible Feast of the Transfiguration , a Christian holiday celebrating the Transfiguration of Jesus Transfiguration (religion) , a momentary transformation of a person into some aspect of the divine
The Transfiguration of Jesus is a key event in Christian tradition, described in the Gospels of Matthew, [3] Mark, [4] and Luke. [5] It recounts the moment when Jesus, accompanied by three of his disciples — Peter, James, and John — ascends a mountain.
Transfiguration (1604–1605) by Rubens. Transfiguration is an oil-on-canvas painting of the Gospel episode the Transfiguration of Jesus, painted in 1604–1605 by Peter Paul Rubens and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. [1]
The Transfiguration is preceded by a one-day Forefeast and is followed by an Afterfeast of eight days, ending the day before the Forefeast of the Dormition. In Byzantine theology, the Tabor Light is the light revealed on Mount Tabor at the Transfiguration of Jesus, identified with the light seen by Paul on the road to Damascus.
The painting depicts the event of the Transfiguration of Jesus, wherein Jesus after walking up to a mountaintop with the three apostles Peter; James; and John, gains a divine radiance and white robes, and begins conversing with Moses (with the horns of light) and Elijah. It is a moment when his divine nature is directly revealed to the apostles.