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by ELIZABETH WANG
"The Transfiguration"
Posted on 07/05/2021 6:37:53 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN |
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17:1-13 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 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.” While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. | 9:1-13 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.” After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, 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 to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant. And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.” | 9:28-36 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “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.) While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.” When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen. |
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Good Morning, Dan! :-)
Point of idle curiosity: in your experience, does Boston's Revolutionary history (still) result in more enthusiastic Independence Day revelry?
Well, COVID MADNESS and Thunderstorms kind of put the damper on it.
Too bad, so sad....
Thank you as always, Dan!
Entirely my pleasure, Alba. I’ve done over 300 of these posts, and I expect I have passed the halfway point now. Once I finish, I shall miss this immensely; but the same Yahweh Who created this for me to do will still be on the throne of my life and heart then. Cannot wait to see what His next Act will be....
Thanks for a second batch of visual beauty. It is a difficult subject. I have mostly focused on the composition and how the figures are arranged. Six figures, three up and three down seems to be the standard. There have been clever variations, with James and John on one side and Peter on the other, or with Jesus central and the three apostles as small silhouettes below.
As far as composition goes, I still like Raphael’s complex depiction of the Transfiguration above and the other apostles and the deaf-mute boy below.
There was some discussion about the cloud and whether the figures should be floating. Scripture doesn’t say they were, but how do you depict six figures in a cloud, or even three, and not have them float or be obscured by the cloud? Such were the challenges these artists faced. Dore succeeded, and he was just engraving.
I must say, I am partial to Jesus’ portrayal in #40 as holding hands with His old friends Moses and Elijah. To the three Apostles it was a Transfiguration, but to the other three it was a Reunion.
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