Matthew 17:3

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Matthew 17:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

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Mark 9:4

And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

Luke 9:30

Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.

Luke 9:31

They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Matthew 11:13

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Matthew 11:14

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I 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 34:5

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

Deuteronomy 34:6

And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

Deuteronomy 34:10

Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 5:45

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

John 5:46

If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

John 5:47

But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

2 Corinthians 3:8

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

2 Corinthians 3:10

Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

Hebrews 3:2

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

Hebrews 3:3

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

Hebrews 3:4

And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Hebrews 3:5

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Matthew 17:10

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Matthew 17:11

Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.

Matthew 17:12

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

Matthew 17:13

Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

1 Kings 18:36

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

1 Kings 18:37

Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

1 Kings 18:39

When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

1 Kings 18:40

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

2 Kings 2:11

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

2 Kings 2:12

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

2 Kings 2:13

Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2 Kings 2:14

Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Luke 1:17

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 9:33

As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

Luke 16:16

The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.