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Mat 17:2. Μετεμορφώθη, was transfigured) This verb implies that our Lord had always possessed the glory within Himself. The force of the verb μετασχηματίζεσθαι is different, as in Php 3:21 and 2Co 11:14; cf. also the distinction between μορφὴ and σχῆμα, in Php 2:6-8.[777]-φῶς light,) inferior to that of the sun;[778] for His garments diluted the splendour of His body.
[777] Sc. ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων-μορφὴν δούλου λαβὼν-καὶ σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος.
[778] Whereas His face shone as the sun, His raiment was only white as the light.-ED.
Μορφὴ, forma, according to Beng. l. c., expresses something absolute. Σκῆμα, habitus, refers to the aspect and feeling (refertur ad aspectum et sensum). I think as habitus is from habeo, so σχῆμα from ἔχω, σχῶ; and therefore σκῆμα is the whole external condition of man, as seen in his form (μορφὴ), gesture, and gait,-the bearing and state of a man.-ED.