The three Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, tells us the story of the Transfiguration of the Lord. With remarkable agreement, all three put the event shortly after Peter’s confession of faith the Jesus is the Messiah. It was also the time when Jesus gave the first prediction of his passion and death.
The Transfiguration of the Lord can sound embarrassingly magical. Jesus goes up onto a mountain and his clothes become dazzlingly white. Prophets appear and talk to him. And then it is all over and Jesus tells his disciples to say nothing. Tradition names Mount Tabor as the site of the Transfiguration of the Lord. A church was raised at the site during the fourth century.
