Luke 9:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

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  • Exod 34:29-35 : 29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God. 30 But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear. 31 Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them. 32 And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say; 35 And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.
  • Isa 33:17 : 17 Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
  • Matt 17:2 : 2 And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
  • Mark 9:2-3 : 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them: 3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.
  • Mark 16:12 : 12 And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
  • 2 Pet 1:16-18 : 16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory. 17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
  • Rev 1:13-16 : 13 And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts. 14 And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

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    1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

    2 And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

    3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

    4 And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

    5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

    6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

  • Mark 9:1-9
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    1 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

    2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

    3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

    4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

    5 And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

    6 Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

    7 And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

    8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

    9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

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    28 And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

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    30 And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

    31 Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

    32 Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

    33 And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

    34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

    35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

    36 And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

    37 And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

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    3 His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:

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    9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

    10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

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    3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

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    8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.

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    18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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    33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

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    43 And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.

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    17 And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

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    9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

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    6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

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    8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.