NOTES for Luk 9:28-45
For the first readers of Luke’s Gospel, the parallels between the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ and the accounts of Moses and Elijah ascending the mountain were clear. Both prophets heard on the mountaintop the most important revelation, the foundation of the message they brought to Israel (Exodus 19; 1 Kings 19). Now the apostles take their place: together with the ancient prophets, they stand before the Source of revelation and, like them, hear the Father’s voice from the cloud of light. This testimony is the foundation of the Gospel they are to proclaim to the whole world: “This is My beloved Son; I delight in Him!” As in ages past, the most important thing is revealed not in theological formulas or in the form of a secret doctrine, but in these words of Light about Light.