And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John with Him and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And there He was transfigured before them.
After six days the Lord takes three disciples, not all of them, because every revelation has its particular witnesses. These three are mainly present at the most crucial moments: at the raising of Jairus’s daughter, in Gethsemane, and here, at the moment of the Transfiguration. In Holy Scripture a high mountain is often the place of a divine encounter, because there a person seems to withdraw from worldly noise and draw near to the heavenly mystery. Christ’s being transfigured does not mean that He received something new, but that the glory that was in Him was revealed for a moment before the disciples. Until then His divine majesty had been hidden under a humble human form, but here before their eyes His eternal glory shone forth. This event not only shows that Jesus is a teacher or a prophet, but clearly reveals His divine nature as the Son of God.