Keluaran 34:2
Konteks34:2 Be prepared 1 in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself 2 for me there on the top of the mountain.
Matius 17:1-3
Konteks17:1 Six days later 3 Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, 4 and led them privately up a high mountain. 17:2 And he was transfigured before them. 5 His 6 face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 17:3 Then Moses 7 and Elijah 8 also appeared before them, talking with him.
[34:2] 1 tn The form is a Niphal participle that means “be prepared, be ready.” This probably means that Moses was to do in preparation what the congregation had to do back in Exod 19:11-15.
[34:2] 2 sn The same word is used in Exod 33:21. It is as if Moses was to be at his post when Yahweh wanted to communicate to him.
[17:1] 3 tn Grk “And after six days.”
[17:1] 4 tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.
[17:2] 5 sn In 1st century Judaism and in the NT, there was the belief that the righteous get new, glorified bodies in order to enter heaven (1 Cor 15:42-49; 2 Cor 5:1-10). This transformation means the righteous will share the glory of God. One recalls the way Moses shared the Lord’s glory after his visit to the mountain in Exod 34. So the disciples saw Jesus transfigured, and they were getting a sneak preview of the great glory that Jesus would have (only his glory is more inherent to him as one who shares in the rule of the kingdom).
[17:2] 6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
[17:3] 7 tn Grk “And behold, Moses.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
[17:3] 8 sn Commentators and scholars discuss why Moses and Elijah are present. The most likely explanation is that Moses represents the prophetic office (Acts 3:18-22) and Elijah pictures the presence of the last days (Mal 4:5-6), the prophet of the eschaton (the end times).
