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Mat 17:1. Ἡμέρας ἓξ, Six days) St Luke says, ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ, as it were, about, eight days; enumerating the days both of the word and the deed. This definition of time intimates some connection with what has just preceded. The teaching concerning the Son of God, and His departure, or Passion, was confirmed by the Transfiguration.-παραλαμβάνει, taketh with Him) Our Lord knew what was about to happen on the Mount.-ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Jesus) As the name of Jesus is introduced here to indicate the commencement of a new portion of the Gospel history, it is clear that the declaration in ch. Mat 16:28 does not refer exclusively to the Transfiguration.-τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην, τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, Peter and James, and John his brother) St Matthew candidly relates those circumstances also in which other apostles were preferred to himself. The writings of Peter and John, who were present on the occasion, are extant: the former mentions this event in his second epistle (2Pe 1:17-18): the latter takes it for granted,[776] as a thing well known, and attested by sufficient evidence. Cf. on the choice of the three apostles here selected, ch. Mat 26:37.-ὅρος a mountain) The name of the mountain is not mentioned, and thereby superstition is prevented. Several very remarkable divine manifestations have been made on mountains; see Act 7:30; Act 7:38. The opinion which regards Tabor as the scene of the transfiguration is specious. See Jer 46:18.
[776] No doubt the transfiguration was included in the reference, Joh 1:14, “We beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”-ED.