The Transfiguration of The Lord
Jimmy Akin on the Transfiguration
A good candidate for the strangest event of Jesus life is one recorded in three of the four gospels.
On this occasion, Jesus took three of the disciples up on a high mountain and, while they were there, his clothes became dazzlingly white, Moses and Elijah appeared, and they were engulfed in a cloud and heard a heavenly Voice.
This event, known as the Transfiguration, is mysterious and hard to understand. Why did it happen? What did it mean?
Here are 10 things you need to know.