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10 articles found for “Transfiguration”

• The Transfiguration

  The Transfiguration is the event, recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, in which Jesus was transformed in appearance on a high mountain before Peter, James, and John, and Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him.

• Transfiguration Sunday

  Transfiguration Sunday commemorates the event in which Jesus was transfigured in glory on a mountain (the Transfiguration). In the Protestant church calendar, it is commonly observed on the last Sunday of the Epiphany season, the Sunday immediately before Ash Wednesday.

• Mount Tabor

  Mount Tabor is a mountain in the Galilee region of northern Israel, rising northeast of the Jezreel Valley. In the Old Testament it appears as the battleground of Deborah and Barak, and church tradition has long identified it as the Mount of Transfiguration.

• Matthew 17

  Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a demon-possessed boy, the second prediction of the Passion, and Jesus' payment of the temple tax (the half shekel) at Capernaum.

• Mark 9

  Mark 9 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a boy possessed by a spirit, the second prediction of the Passion, and the disciples' dispute over who is the greatest, followed by teaching on servanthood and on causing others to stumble.

• Healing of the Demon-Possessed Boy

  The healing of the demon-possessed boy is a miracle in which Jesus, after coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, cast a demon out of a boy whom his disciples had been unable to heal. The account appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Luke 9

  Luke 9 recounts the sending of the Twelve, the feeding of the five thousand, Peter's confession, and the Transfiguration. Beginning at verse 51, Jesus sets out on his journey toward Jerusalem.

• 2 Peter 1

  The first chapter of 2 Peter. After the greeting, it urges believers to add virtue, knowledge, and other qualities to their faith, grounds the apostle's testimony in what he saw on the mount of the Transfiguration, and addresses the authority of prophecy spoken by men moved by the Holy Spirit.

• Mark 9:23

  Mark 9:23 is the verse in which Jesus, after the father of a demon-possessed boy pleads "if thou canst do any thing," takes up the father's words and answers that all things are possible to him that believeth. It is often cited in discussions of the power of faith and prayer, and there has been debate over whether it is quoted out of context.

• 2 Peter 1:20–21

  A passage stating that the prophecy of Scripture did not originate in human will but was spoken from God by people carried along by the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited as a basis for the doctrine of biblical inspiration and in the debate over the meaning of "private interpretation."