The Transfiguration of Christ
Matthew 16:28-17:13
Key Verse: 2
“There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.”
Last week, we learned from the previous passage how Jesus asked his disciples a simple, but critical question: “Who do you say I am?” It was then that they made this historic confession of faith, answering, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Matthew notes that it was from this moment on that Jesus began to teach his disciples that as messiah, he had to “…go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” (16:21) Jesus … Read the rest