Then a cloud appeared, shading them, and from the cloud a voice came:
“This is my Son, the Beloved: listen to him!”
Commentaries
9:2 - 9:13
Transfiguration of Jesus.
Moses represents the Law, and Elijah the prophets; both symbolize the Old Testament (Mt 22:40). Peter’s suggestion to Jesus to stay and live on the mountain reflects the fear of going to Jerusalem, where the passion awaits them. Of the three characters present at the Transfiguration, only Jesus remains—the beloved Son of God—to whom we must listen. Jesus surpasses Moses and Elijah and begins the New Testament in continuity with the Old. The command not to tell anyone what happened is part of the messianic secret. Jesus’ messianism can only be fully understood after his passion and resurrection.
Commentaries
Transfiguration of Jesus.
Moses represents the Law, and Elijah the prophets; both symbolize the Old Testament (Mt 22:40). Peter’s suggestion to Jesus to stay and live on the mountain reflects the fear of going to Jerusalem, where the passion awaits them. Of the three characters present at the Transfiguration, only Jesus remains—the beloved Son of God—to whom we must listen. Jesus surpasses Moses and Elijah and begins the New Testament in continuity with the Old. The command not to tell anyone what happened is part of the messianic secret. Jesus’ messianism can only be fully understood after his passion and resurrection.