Matthew 17:3

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Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

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  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
  • Deut 34:5-6 : 5 So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab as the LORD had said. 6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.
  • Deut 34:10 : 10 No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”
  • 1 Kgs 18:36-40 : 36 When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed:“O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 38 Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“The LORD is the true God! The LORD is the true God!” 40 Elijah told them,“Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.
  • 2 Kgs 2:11-14 : 11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm. 12 While Elisha was watching, he was crying out,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two. 13 He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said,“Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.
  • Matt 11:13-14 : 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared. 14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.
  • Matt 17:10-13 : 10 The disciples asked him,“Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?” 11 He answered,“Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things. 12 And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
  • Mark 9:4 : 4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
  • Luke 9:30-31 : 30 Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him. 31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.
  • Luke 9:33 : 33 Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus,“Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”– not knowing what he was saying.
  • Luke 16:16 : 16 “The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.
  • Luke 24:27 : 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
  • John 5:45-47 : 45 “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective), 8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory! 10 For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. 11 For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!
  • Heb 3:1-6 : 1 Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, 2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house. 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

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  • Mark 9:2-9
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    2 The Transfiguration Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

    3 and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

    4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

    5 So Peter said to Jesus,“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters– one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

    6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)

    7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud,“This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!”

    8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.

    9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

  • Luke 9:28-37
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    28 The Transfiguration Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

    29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

    30 Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

    31 They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.

    32 Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

    33 Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus,“Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”– not knowing what he was saying.

    34 As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

    35 Then a voice came from the cloud, saying,“This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

    36 After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

    37 Healing a Boy with an Unclean Spirit Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

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    1 The Transfiguration Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

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

  • Matt 17:4-11
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    4 So Peter said to Jesus,“Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters– one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

    5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said,“This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

    6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

    7 But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”

    8 When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

    9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

    10 The disciples asked him,“Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

    11 He answered,“Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

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    17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory:“This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”

    18 When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

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    3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

  • Acts 7:31
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    31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Matt 3:16-17
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    34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.

    35 When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the LORD.

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    29 The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

    30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

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  • John 9:37
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    37 Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[

  • Mark 13:3
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    3 Signs of the End of the Age So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

  • Luke 24:4
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    4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

  • Mark 9:11
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    11 Then they asked him,“Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
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    11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

  • Exod 24:18
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    18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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    9 And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

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    8 while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

  • Luke 24:15
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    15 While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them

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

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    62 “I am,” said Jesus,“and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

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