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Epiphany Season · Year C

Transfiguration Sunday

Sunday before Ash Wednesday · February 27, 2028

The Transfiguration of Christ, Giovanni Bellini
The Transfiguration of Christ, Giovanni Bellini, c. 1487Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Bellini sets it in the Veneto: a low hill, a fence, farm buildings and a rabbit, with the three disciples sitting on the ground rather than flattened.2 Peter says we were eyewitnesses on the holy mountain, and Bellini painted the mountain as somewhere you could walk up.Giovanni BelliniThe painter who taught Venice to use oil paint and light, and the teacher of both Giorgione and Titian.Museo di Capodimonte, NaplesA Bourbon palace above Naples, holding the Farnese collection and the greatest Neapolitan paintings.Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 9:28-36, (37-43a)Lk 9:28-36, (37-43a)
Epistle2 Cor. 3:12-4:22 Cor 3:12-4:2
Old TestamentExod. 34:29-35Ex 34:29-35
PsalterPs. 99Ps 99

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, where his face and clothing become dazzling white and Moses and Elijah appear speaking with him about his coming departure at Jerusalem. A cloud overshadows them and God's voice names Jesus as his beloved, chosen Son, commanding the disciples to listen to him.

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Commentary

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

The Lutheran home commentary noting the transfiguration is embedded in prayer and confirms Peter's confession.

Luke 9:28-36 CommentaryLk 9:28-36 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary on the mountain's glory as a hinge toward Jerusalem and the cross.

Luke 9:28-36 CommentaryLk 9:28-36 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical study of the mountain, the glory, and the divine voice.

Luke Commentaries and SermonsLk Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin

An inductive study gateway with word studies and cross references across Luke, including chapter 9.

Luke 9:28 CommentariesLk 9:28 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the transfiguration on the mountain.

Luke 9:28 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryLk 9:28 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further voice on the passage.

Radical Amazement!, Last Sunday in Epiphany (C) Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church

An Episcopal homily on this Sunday's texts reading the transfiguration as a call to see with radical amazement.

Background & Word Study

Book of Luke OverviewBook of Lk Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of Luke's structure and themes to set the Gospel in context.

Luke 9:28 InterlinearLk 9:28 Interlinear BibleHub

The Greek of the passage word by word with parsing and lexical helps.

The Church Fathers

Luke 9 (Catena)Lk 9 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the transfiguration and the voice from the cloud.

Worship & Prayers

Last Sunday after the Epiphany The Lectionary Page

The Anglican lectionary page collecting all four propers for the day in the Prayer Book tradition.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave: Transfiguration Sunday Working Preacher

Luther Seminary scholars talk through the Transfiguration texts in podcast form.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated index of images for this reading across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

Luke 9:28-36 TransfigurationLk 9:28-36 Transfiguration Textweek

A comprehensive lectionary link aggregator across commentary, worship, and preaching resources for this Gospel.

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