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And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.

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    wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)

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His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.

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29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.

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The Angel with the Little Scroll

10 And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun and his legs like pillars of fire.(A)

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13 and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.(A) 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire;(B) 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.(C) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.(D)

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last(E)

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The Dead Are Judged

11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)

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  1. 20.11 Gk the

12 His eyes are like[a] a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.(A) 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in[b] blood, and his name is called The Word of God.(B)

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  1. 19.12 Other ancient authorities omit like
  2. 19.13 Other ancient authorities read sprinkled with

14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[a] full of grace and truth.(A)

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  1. 1.14 Or the Father’s only Son

and his clothes became dazzling bright, such as no one[a] on earth could brighten them.(A)

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  1. 9.3 Gk no fuller

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.[a](A)

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  1. 12.2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

13 when at midday along the road, Your Excellency,[a] I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew[b] language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’(A) 15 I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord answered, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

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  1. 26.13 Gk O King
  2. 26.14 That is, Aramaic

24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.(A)

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The Shining Face of Moses

29 Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.(A) 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.(B) 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face,(C) 34 but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off until he came out, and when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,(D) 35 the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining, and Moses would put the veil on his face again until he went in to speak with him.

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who, though he existed in the form of God,
    did not regard equality with God
    as something to be grasped,(A)
but emptied himself,
    taking the form of a slave,
    assuming human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,(B)

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