KJV King James Version
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 17:2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
WEB World English Bible
He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
ASV American Standard Version
and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,
Surrounding context — Matthew 17
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandμετεμορφώθηG3339 · metamorphoōto transformἔμπροσθενG1715 · emprosthenbeforeαὐτῶν,G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔλαμψενG2989 · lampōto shineτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρόσωπονG4383 · prosōponfaceαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἥλιος,G2246 · hēliossunτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἱμάτιαG2440 · himationclothingαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beλευκὰG3022 · leukoswhiteὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoφῶς.G5457 · phōslight
Cross-references
Psalm 104:2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:Luke 9:29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [was] white [and] glistering.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.Mark 9:3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.Revelation 19:12-13His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.Revelation 1:13-17And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Exodus 34:29-35And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.Acts 26:13-15At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.Philippians 2:6-7Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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