Luk 9:33 | TNotes | STEP | 9:33 Let’s make three shelters as memorials: The Greek word translated shelter ( skēnē ) is the same word used in the Greek Old Testament to refer to the Tabernacle, Israel’s portable temple in the wilderness, and for the portable shelters Jews lived in during the Festival of Shelters (Lev 23:42 ; Neh 8:14-17 ). Peter might have wanted to prolong the event by giving Jesus, Moses, and Elijah a place to stay.

bLev 23:42►

cNeh 8:14-17►

‏ Luke 9:33

9:33 ^a Let’s make three shelters as memorials: The Greek word translated shelter (skēnē) is the same word used in the Greek Old Testament to refer to the Tabernacle, Israel’s portable temple in the wilderness, and for the portable shelters Jews lived in during the Festival of Shelters (Lev 23:42 ^b; Neh 8:14-17 ^c). Peter might have wanted to prolong the event by giving Jesus, Moses, and Elijah a place to stay.