And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
We have here the narrative of Christ's transfiguration, which was designed for a specimen of that glory of his in which he will come to judge the world, of which he had lately been speaking, and, consequently, an encouragement to his disciples to suffer for him, and never to be ashamed of him.
Commenting on Luke 9:28-36
Who appeared in glory,.... In a very glorious manner, in most divine and beautiful forms to Christ, and to his disciples: and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem; the word, rendered "decease", is "Exodus", the name of the second book of Moses; so called from the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, it gives an account of; and...
Verse 29. The fashion. The appearance. Glistering. Shining like lightning--of a bright, dazzling whiteness. As Mark says, "more white than any fuller could make it."