has parallels in other Synoptic Gospels— and — and the event is referred to in the Second Epistle of Peter () as well as possibly alluded in the first chapter of the Gospel of John (John 1:14). Verse 1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves. In Luke's gospel, the account of the transfiguration of Jesus comes about eight days after the previous events. Protestant theologian Heinrich Meyer notes, in accordance with the observations of "Chrysostom, Jerome, Theophylact, Erasmus, and many others ... that Luke has included the dies a quo and ad quem" (i.e. inclusive of the days at the start and end of the interval). Verse 2 And He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Some versions state "white as snow" rather than "white as the light". The Jerusalem Bible notes that the angel of the resurrection in Matthew 28:3 wore a robe which was "white as snow". Coin in the fish's mouth (17:24–27) The coin in the fish's mouth is one of the miracles of Jesus, told in . The four-drachma (or shekel) coin would be exactly enough to pay the temple tax (a two-drachma coin) for two people. It is usually thought to be a Tyrian shekel. See also Related Bible parts: Exodus 30, Exodus 38, Mark 9, Luke 9 References Sources External links King James Bible - Wikisource English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.) Gospel of Matthew chapters