Luke 9:28

The Transfiguration

28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.

Luke 9:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray.
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 About eight days after saying this, he climbed the mountain to pray, taking Peter, John, and James along.
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 About eight days after he had said this, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a mountain to pray.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 About eight days after these words, He took along Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he went up on a mountain to pray. He took Peter, John and James with him.

Luke 9:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:28

And it came to pass, about an eight days after those
sayings
About a week after he had declared the above things, at, or near to Caesarea Philippi. The other evangelists, Matthew and Mark, say it was six days after: the reason of this difference is, because Luke takes in the day in which he delivered these sayings, and that in which he was transfigured, and they only reckon the intermediate days:

he took Peter, and John, and James;
the same that he admitted to be with him at the raising of Jairus's daughter, and in the garden afterwards:

and went up into a mountain to pray;
to his God and Father, that his disciples might have a visible display of his glory, as an emblem and pledge of that in which he shall hereafter appear: it was usual with Christ to go up into a mountain to pray; ( Matthew 14:23 ) ( Luke 6:12 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 17:1).

Luke 9:28 In-Context

26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.

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