Luke 9:28-45

Key Verse: "A voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him."" (Luke 9:35)

Eight days after Peter’s confession of faith, Jesus took Peter, James and John up onto a mountain to pray. These three were like the leaders of the disciples, key members that the other disciples looked up to and drew encouragement and knowledge from. They were also those that Jesus focused on training. He could have been frustrated with their immaturity and lack of growth, but instead he sought out spiritual encouragement and went to pray. While they were there, Jesus became a changed man; it says that “the appearance of his face changed, and his cloths became as bright as a flash of lightning” (v. 29).

Then Moses and Elijah came down from heaven and spoke with Jesus. These spiritual giants, representatives of both God and the Old Testament, came to encourage Him. They had been God’s servants before Jesus’ time, prophets and leaders of God’s people. Most importantly, they had known suffering during their time and knew of the suffering that Jesus would go through soon. “They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem” (v. 31).