Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 17:3
3Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.
Matthew 17:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
- New International Version (NIV)Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
Context of Matthew 17:3
1After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light. Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. 4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it’s good for us to be here. If you want, I will set up three shelters here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him!”
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καὶ ἰδοὺ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Μωϋσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας συλλαλοῦντες μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 17:3
- Mark 9:4Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
- Luke 9:30Suddenly, two men were talking with him — Moses and Elijah.
- Matthew 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the Lord’s word.
- Luke 24:27Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.
- John 1:17for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
- 2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry that brought death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to gaze steadily at Moses’s face because of its glory, which was set aside,
- Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
- Matthew 17:10So the disciples asked him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!”
- 1 Kings 18:36At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.
- 2 Kings 2:11As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.
- Malachi 4:5Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
- Luke 1:17And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”
Commentaries on Matthew 17:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Moses and Elias - Elijah came from heaven in the same body which he had upon earth, for he was translated, and did not see death, 2 Kings 2:11. And the body of Moses was probably raised again, as a pledge of the resurrection; and as Christ is to come to judge the quick and the dead, for we shall not all die, but all shall be changed, 1 Corinthians 15:51, he probably gave the full representation of this in the person of Moses, who died, and was thus raised…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias - Moses, a distinguished servant of God, by whom the law was given, and whose institutions typified the Messiah. It was particularly proper that he should appear, when his prophecies and types were about to be fulfilled, and the rites which he had instituted were about to be done away. Elias, or Elijah, a distinguished prophet, taken to heaven without seeing death. See 2 Kings 2:11. Elijah had been…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Moses represents the law, and Elijah represents the prophets. They appeared as witnesses to Christ. Their presence showed that Jesus, the Son of God, fulfills everything written in the law and the prophets (see Matthew 5:17–20; 11:2–6; 12:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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