Elijah must first come (Ελειαν δε ελθειν πρωτον). So this piece of theology concerned them more than anything else. They had just …

Why then say the Scribes, etc. The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had t…

His disciples asked him —The context clearly implies that the question came not from the disciples in general, but from the three …

"Are we not to tell the story of what has happened on this mountain? Elias has come. If we publish this news, it may convince even the scribes that…

St. Jerome: It was a tradition of the Pharisees, following the Prophet Malachi, that Elijah would come before the coming of t…

Elijah was expected to restore all things—to bring about a state of justice and true worship (Malachi 4:5). If that were so, how could …

And his disciples asked him, saying. No sooner is the resurrection mentioned than the disciples imagine that the reign of Christ has comme…

And his disciples asked him, saying
That is, these three, Peter, James, and John, before they came to the rest; whil…

Now the disciples beheld something of Christ's glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. It was intended to support their faith when they would…

In the preceding section, the Evangelist showed the power of the Gospel teaching; here, the purpose of the Gospel teaching is shown, which is the g…