Jesus' Transfiguration

151	JESUS' APPEARANCE is TRANSFORMED
Matt 17		Mark 9		Luke 9
1	And after six days	2	And after six days	28	Now about eight days
					after these sayings
	Jesus took with him		Jesus took with him		he took with him
	Peter and James*		Peter and James*		Peter
	and John his brother,		and John		and John and James,*
	and led them		and led them		and went
	up a high mountain		up a high mountain		up on the mountain
	apart.		apart by themselves;		to pray.
				29	And as he was praying,
					the appearance of
2	And he was transfigured		and he was transfigured		his countenance was altered,
	before them,		before them,
	and his face shone
	like the sun,
	and his garments	3	and his garments		and his raiment
	became		became glistening,		became dazzling
	white		intensely white,		white.
	as light.		as no fuller on earth
			could bleach them.
3	And behold,	4	And	30	And behold,
					two men talked with him,*
	there appeared* to them		there appeared* to them
	Moses and Elijah,*		Elijah with Moses;*		Moses and Elijah,*
					who appeared* in glory
	talking		and they were talking		and spoke
	with him.*		to Jesus.
					of his departure,
					which he was to accomplish
					at Jerusalem.
				31	Now Peter
					and those who were with him
					were heavy with sleep,
					and when they wakened
					they saw his glory
					and the two men
					who stood with him
				33	And as the men were parting
					from him,
4	And <responding>	5	And <responding>
	Peter said to Jesus,		Peter <says> to Jesus,		Peter said to Jesus,
	"Lord,		"<Rabbi,>,		"Master,
	it is well		it is well		it is well
	that we are here;		that we are here;		that we are here;
	if you wish,		let us		let us
	I will make three booths		make three booths,		make three booths,
	here,
	one for you		one for you		one for you
	and one for Moses		and one for Moses		and one for Moses
	and one for Elijah."		and one for Elijah."		and one for Elijah" --
		6	For he did not know		not knowing
			what to say,		what he said.
			for they were		[see Luke 9:34 below]
			exceedingly afraid.*
5	He was still speaking,			34	As he said this,
	when lo, a bright cloud	7	And a cloud		a cloud came
	overshadowed them,		overshadowed them,		and overshadowed them,
					and they were afraid*
					as they entered the cloud.
	and a voice		and a voice came	35	And a voice came
	from the cloud		out of the cloud,		out of the cloud,
	said,				saying,
	"This is my beloved Son,		"This is my beloved Son,		"This is my Son, my Chosen;
	with whom
	I am well pleased;
	listen to him."		listen to him."		listen to him!"
6	When			36	And when
	the disciples heard this,				the voice had spoken,
	they fell on their faces,
	and were filled with awe.
7	But Jesus came
	and touched them,
	saying,
	"Rise, and have no fear."
8	And when	8	And suddenly
	they lifted up their eyes,		looking around
	they saw		they no longer saw
	no one		any one with them
	but Jesus only.		but Jesus only.		Jesus was found alone.
					And they kept silence
					and told no one
					in those days
					anything
					of what they had seen.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
<says>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
151	Sequence in synoptic outlines