Luk 9:28-36 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Luke 9:28-36: 9:28-36 At the transfiguration, Jesus’ true glory was unveiled for three disciples to witness, confirming Peter’s confession that Jesus was the Christ. Moses and Elijah confirmed that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. 9:28 About eight days later: Mark says “after six days,” referring to full days, while Luke includes parts of days. • Peter, John, and James were the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples (see also 8:51 ; Mark 14:32-33 ). • a mountain: The site of the transfiguration is traditionally regarded as Mount Tabor in southern Galilee. Some have suggested Mount Hermon, which is closer to Caesarea Philippi, where Peter’s confession (Luke 9:18-27 ) took place.

Summary for Luke 9:28-36: 9:28-36 ^a At the transfiguration, Jesus’ true glory was unveiled for three disciples to witness, confirming Peter’s confession that Jesus was the Christ. Moses and Elijah confirmed that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. 9:28 ^b About eight days later: Mark says “after six days,” referring to full days, while Luke includes parts of days.

• Peter, John, and James were the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples (see also 8:51 ^c; Mark 14:32-33 ^d).

• a mountain: The site of the transfiguration is traditionally regarded as Mount Tabor in southern Galilee. Some have suggested Mount Hermon, which is closer to Caesarea Philippi, where Peter’s confession (Luke 9:18-27 ^e) took place.
9:29 ^f his clothes became dazzling white (literally became bright as a flash of lightning): Jesus’ glory shone through his human body (cp. Ezek 1:4 ^g; Dan 7:9 ^h; see also Exod 34:29 ⁱ).
9:31 ^j his exodus from this world: The Greek word exodos means “departure.” As the exodus from Egypt was God’s great act of deliverance in the Old Testament, so Jesus’ exodus from this world—his death, resurrection, and ascension—was God’s great act of deliverance in the New Testament. Jesus would accomplish a new and greater exodus.
9:33 ^k 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 ^l; Neh 8:14-17 ^m). Peter might have wanted to prolong the event by giving Jesus, Moses, and Elijah a place to stay.
9:34 ⁿ a cloud overshadowed them: Clouds often veil the presence of God (Exod 16:10 ^o; 19:9 ^p; 24:16 ^q).
9:35 ^r The voice from the cloud recalls God’s voice at Jesus’ baptism (3:22 ^s).

• My Chosen One alludes to Isa 42:1 ^t, identifying Jesus as the suffering servant of the Lord.

• Listen to him is from Deut 18:15 ^u, identifying Jesus as “the prophet like Moses” (see Acts 3:22 ^v; 7:37 ^w).