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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.
Luke 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the sending of the twelve disciples , several great miracles performed by Jesus, the story of his transfiguration , Peter's confession and the final departure from Galilee towards Jerusalem . [ 1 ]
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus heals ten lepers and only the Samaritan among them thanks him, [19] [9] although Luke 9:51–56 [20] depicts Jesus receiving a hostile reception in Samaria. [7] Luke's favorable treatment of Samaritans is in line with the favorable treatment elsewhere in the book of the weak and of outcasts, generally. [21]
[70] The verse in Luke does differ from the contexts of the similar verses at Matthew 27:15 and Mark 15:6, where releasing a prisoner on Passover is a "habit" or "custom" of Pilate, and at John 18:39 is a custom of the Jews – but in its appearance in Luke it becomes a necessity for Pilate regardless of his habits or preferences, "to comply ...
For example, according to Luke 2:11 Jesus was the Christ at his birth, but in Acts 2:36 he becomes Christ at the resurrection, while in Acts 3:20 it seems his messiahship is active only at the parousia, the "second coming"; similarly, in Luke 2:11 he is the Saviour from birth, but in Acts 5:31 [45] he is made Saviour at the resurrection; and he ...
Following the proclamation by Peter, the account of the Transfiguration of Jesus is the next major event and appears in Matthew 17:1–9, Mark 9:2–8 and Luke 9:28–36. [12] [85] [86] Jesus takes Peter and two other apostles with him and goes up to a mountain, which is not named.
The word analavos (Analav in Church Slavonic) comes from the Greek αναλαμβάνω, meaning "to take up." [2] This phrase comes from Luke 9:23, "Then he said to them all: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.'" [3] A garment called simply the Many Crosses (Greek: Πολυσταύριον, romanized: Polystavrion) serves to hold ...
Minuscule/Codex 828 (12th century), Matthew 9:26-36 In the Gospel of Luke, the miracles follow the exorcism at Gerasa. Back in Galilee, Jairus , a patron or ruler of a Galilee synagogue , had asked Jesus to heal his 12-year-old daughter, who was dying (in Matthew's account, Jairus used hyperbolic expressions in his anxiety: ‘My daughter is ...