As they were departing from him (εν τω διαχωριζεσθα αυτους απ' αυτου). Peculiar to Luke and another instance of Luke's common idio…

Master.—The same word as before, in Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24, where you should see the Notes.

Theophylact of Ohrid: While Christ is engaged in prayer, Peter is heavy with sleep, for he was weak and did what was natura…

Peter’s suggestion to make three shelters implies that he wanted to keep Moses and Elijah from leaving. But Luke points out that Peter’s suggestion…

And it came to pass, as they departed from him
That is, as Moses and Elias departed from Christ; or "when they began…

Christ's transfiguration was a glimpse of that glory in which He will come to judge the world and was an encouragement to His disciples to suffer f…