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Lenten Season · Second Sunday of Lent · Year C

Luke 9:28b-36

The Transfiguration of Jesus

March 12, 2028

The Transfiguration, Raphael
The Transfiguration, Raphael, 1516–1520Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican
Raphael's last work, left unfinished when he died at thirty-seven and set at the head of his bier while he lay in state. It holds in one frame two episodes the gospel tells one after the other: Christ raised in light on the mountain, and at its foot the disciples unable to heal a boy seized by a spirit.Raphael would not separate them, and that refusal is the reading: every pointing hand in the lower crowd drives the eye upward, so the glory above is not an escape from the chaos below but the answer to it.RaphaelRaphael Sanzio of Urbino (1483-1520), the youngest of the three who defined the High Renaissance. He died on Good Friday at thirty-seven.Pinacoteca Vaticana, VaticanThe Vatican's picture gallery. Napoleon took this painting to Paris in 1797 and it was returned in 1816; it has hung in the papal collections since.Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 9:28b-36Lk 9:28b-36
Second ReadingPhil. 3:17-4:1Phil 3:17-4:1 orPhil. 3:20–4:1Phil 3:20–4:1
First ReadingGen. 15:5-12, 17-18Gn 15:5-12, 17-18
Responsorial PsalmPs. 27:1, 7-8a, 8b-9, 13-14 (1)Ps 27:1, 7-8a, 8b-9, 13-14 (1)

Overview & Insights

"This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!" (Luke 9:35)

Jesus takes Peter, John, and James up a mountain to pray, and while praying his face changes and his clothing becomes dazzling white as Moses and Elijah appear and speak with him about his coming departure at Jerusalem. A cloud overshadows them and a voice from the cloud identifies Jesus as God's Son and Chosen One, telling the disciples to listen to him.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Luke 9:28-36 [37-43]Working Preacher: Commentary on Lk 9:28-36 [37-43] Working Preacher

The Luther Seminary commentary on this same Transfiguration pericope.

CEP: Luke 9:28-36 CommentaryCEP: Lk 9:28-36 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching-focused reading of the same Transfiguration account.

Enduring Word: Luke 9 CommentaryEnduring Word: Lk 9 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse walk through the mountain, the cloud, and the divine voice.

BibleHub: Luke 9 CommentariesBibleHub: Lk 9 Commentaries BibleHub

Several classic commentators stacked at verse 28.

Precept Austin: Luke 9 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Lk 9 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed verse-by-verse notes on the Transfiguration scene.

Episcopal Church: Enemies, Second Sunday in Lent (C) Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church

Sermons That Work's Anglican reflection appointed for the Second Sunday in Lent, Year C.

Background & Word Study

BibleHub Interlinear: Luke 9:28BibleHub Interlinear: Lk 9:28 BibleHub

The Greek of metemorphothe (was transfigured) in context.

Enter the Bible: Luke 9:28-36, The TransfigurationEnter the Bible: Lk 9:28-36, The Transfiguration Enter the Bible

A Luther Seminary passage guide devoted specifically to this Transfiguration text.

BibleProject: Gospel of Luke Overview (Part 1)BibleProject: Gospel of Lk Overview (Part 1) BibleProject

Animated overview of Luke 1-9, which closes with the Transfiguration.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Luke 9Catena: Lk 9 Catena

Patristic readings on the meaning of Moses, Elijah, and the divine cloud.

Sermons & Reflections

Journey with Jesus: The Transfiguration, Outrageous and Egregious Journey with Jesus

An essay wrestling with the strangeness and meaning of this mountaintop vision.

Worship & Prayers

The Lectionary Page: Lent 2, Year C The Lectionary Page

BCP readings and the collect for the Second Sunday in Lent.

Podcast

Bishop Barron: When the Eternal Breaks Through Word on Fire

Bishop Barron preaches this Sunday’s Mass readings, including Luke 9:28b-36.

Art & Music

Vanderbilt: Second Sunday in Lent, Year C Vanderbilt

Curated public-domain artwork for this Sunday's readings.

Study Hub

Textweek: Luke 9:28-43 Study HubTextweek: Lk 9:28-43 Study Hub Textweek

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