Matthew 17:2

American Standard Version (1901)

and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν: καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς.

Transliteration

And metemorphōthē emprosthen of them: and elampsen the prosōpon of him as the hēlios, the de himatia of him egeneto leuka as the phōs.

Grammar Details

• *metemorphōthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - was transformed
• *emprosthen*: preposition with genitive - before/in front of
• *elampsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - shone/became bright
• *prosōpon*: nominative, neuter, singular - face
• *hēlios*: nominative, masculine, singular - sun
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *himatia*: nominative, neuter, plural - garments/clothes
• *egeneto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd singular - became
• *leuka*: nominative, neuter, plural - white
• *phōs*: nominative, neuter, singular - light

Word Meanings

• *metemorphōthē*: was transformed/transfigured/changed form
• *prosōpon*: face/countenance/presence
• *himatia*: garments/clothes/outer garments
• *leuka*: white/bright/radiant

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
• Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;
• Matt 28:3 : 3 His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
• Mark 9:3 : 3 and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.
• Luke 9:29 : 29 And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [became] white [and] dazzling.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [
• Acts 26:13-15 : 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
• Rev 19:12-13 : 12 And his eyes [are] a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself. 13 And he [is] arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Exod 34:29-35 : 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
• Rev 1:13-17 : 13 and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle. 14 And his head and his hair were white as white wool, [white] as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
• Phil 2:6-7 : 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;