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Matthew 17 |
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| 17:1
And after six days
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into
an high mountain apart, |
"After six days"
Matthew says the transfiguration occurred
six days after Jesus foretells his death, but Luke
(9:27-28) says it was eight days.
When did the transfiguration occur?
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| 17:2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and
his raiment was white as the light.
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| 17:3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. |
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| 17:4
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be
here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias. |
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| 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a
voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased; hear ye him. |
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| 17:6
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore
afraid. |
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| 17:7
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. |
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| 17:8
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. |
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| 17:9
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell
the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. |
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| 17:10
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias
must first come? |
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| 17:11
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all
things. |
(17:11-13) "Elias is come already."
Jesus says that John the Baptist was Elijah. But if so, then why did John the Baptist
deny it in John 1:21? And what did John the Baptist restore?
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| 17:12
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done
unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer
of them. |
Was John the Baptist Elijah?"
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| 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. |
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| 17:14
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man,
kneeling down to him, and saying, |
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| 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into
the fire, and oft into the water. |
(17:15-18) "He is lunatick."
Jesus cures an epileptic
"lunatic" by "rebuking the devil." (Epilepsy is caused by
devils.)
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| 17:16
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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| 17:17
Then Jesus answered
and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. |
"O faithless and perverse generation"
Jesus speaks harshly of his disciples when they fail to cast out the
devil, saying "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be
with you?"
BOM: Alma 10:17, 10:25
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| 17:18
And Jesus rebuked
the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from
that very hour. |
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| 17:19
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast
him out? |
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| 17:20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto
you, If ye have faith as
a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to
yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. |
"If ye have faith ... nothing shall be impossible unto you."
If your faith is great enough (as big as a mustard seed), you can move mountains around.
BOM: Helaman 12:9
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| 17:21
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. |
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| 17:22
And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man
shall be betrayed into the hands of men: |
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| 17:23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And
they were exceeding sorry. |
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| 17:24
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money
came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? |
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| 17:25
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him,
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take
custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? |
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| 17:26
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the
children free. |
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| 17:27
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast
an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto
them for me and thee. |
Jesus tells Peter to pay his taxes with a coin that he'll find
in the mouth of the first fish that he catches from the sea.
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