The Transfiguration

17 ^(A)Six days later, Jesus *took with Him ^(B)Peter and ^[a]James, and his brother John, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. ² And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. ³ And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. ⁴ Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If You want, ^(C)I will make three ^[b]tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

²⁶ But ^[a]regarding the fact that the dead rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, ^(A)in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘^(B)I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ^27 (C)He is not the God ^[b]of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

^56 (A)Your father Abraham was ^(B)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.”

²⁵ whom God displayed publicly as ^(A)a ^[a]propitiation ^[b](B)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, ^[c]because in God’s merciful ^(C)restraint He ^(D)let the sins previously committed go unpunished;