A little more than a week after the last story that Luke has told us, Jesus took His disciples Peter, John and James up to a mountain to pray and that is where this story takes place. We might note that from Matthew’s account, Jesus and the Twelve have been in seclusion for several days. Jesus has been teaching them and helping them to understand and prepare for what would be coming along in the near future; we might say that He has been discipling the disciples.
There the four of them are on this mountain; Jesus was praying as the three disciples were having a hard remaining awake, and then it happened. His face was changed, His clothing began to shine brightly and He was joined by two other forms, that of Moses and that of Elijah in their glory; Jesus was speaking with them about His…
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