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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.
Raphael's last painting, "Transfiguration of Jesus", is a masterpiece that reflects his mastery of Renaissance painting techniques. However, it is also greatly influenced by the Byzantine style of art, particularly in terms of its use of color and perspective. In Byzantine art, color was used to convey spiritual and emotional meaning.
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.
Jesus continues his final journey to Jerusalem ministering through Galilee. William Robertson Nicoll identifies "three impressive tableaux" in this chapter: the transfiguration, the epileptic boy and the temple tribute.
It begins with Jesus' prediction that "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power". [1] The chapter then recounts the transfiguration of Jesus, a healing miracle, and Jesus' teaching about the return of Elijah, humility and temptation.
Christian tradition has identified Mount Tabor in Galilee as the site of the miraculous Transfiguration of Jesus.The historians Bernard Hamilton and Andrew Jotischky assumes that the first Christian church on the mountain was likely built during the reign of the first Christian Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael. Cardinal Giulio de Medici – who later became Pope Clement VII (in office: 1523–1534) – commissioned the work, conceived as an altarpiece for Narbonne Cathedral in France; Raphael worked on it in the years preceding his death in 1520. [ 1 ]