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chap. xvii. v. 1, 2, and 3.) exactly as represented in the 
picture, " and (see v.  as they cmne down from 
-the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, ' Tell the 
vvisionto no man, until the Son .0f Man be risen again 
from the dead] " 
" It maybe as well, to prevent the trouble of an 
Teference, to quote at once from the Evangelist, the 
description of the subject which it appears to_n1u the 
painter meant to represent.  
Chap. xvii. 
as bdfore. 
1. And after six days Jesus takcth Peter, James, and 
John his bxjothcr, and bringeth them up into an high 
mountain apart, 
2. And was transfxgured before them: and his face 
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the 
iight. 
3. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and 
Elias talking with him. 
 And when the disciples heard, they fell on their 
{'a_ces, and were sore afraid.  
 14. And when they were come to the multitude, 
"there came tohim a man, kneeling down to him, and 
saying, 
'15. Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is'1unatic, 
and sore vexed: and oft-times he falleth into the fire, 
and 0P0 into the water. 
16. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they 
could not cure him, 8zc.   
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