“Consider the details of this passage. See if you can also say this: The disciples understood that the Son of God had been speaking with Moses. It was Moses who had said of God, "No one shall see my face and live." The disciples understood the testimony of Moses about God. They were not able to endure the radiance of t…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12.43
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8And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
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6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
— Matthew 17:8 —
9And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
10And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?