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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.
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", a song by Your Memorial from Redirect, 2012 "Transfiguation #1" and "Transfiguration #2", a song by M. Ward from Transfiguration of Vincent, 2003
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 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 ] References
Most Western commentators in the Middle Ages considered the Transfiguration a preview of the glorified body of Christ following his Resurrection. [11] In earlier times, every Eastern Orthodox monk who took up icon painting had to start his craft by painting the icon of the Transfiguration, the underlying belief being that this icon is not painted so much with colors, but with the Taboric light ...
The Transfiguration is an oil on canvas altarpiece by Ludovico Carracci, from 1595. It is held in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna . An earlier version of the topic was painted between 1588 and 1590, and is housed in the Scottish National Gallery , in Edinburgh .
The Transfiguration is the second of the "Three Feasts of the Saviour in August", the other two being the Procession of the Cross on 1 August and the Icon of Christ Not Made by Hand on 16 August. 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 ...