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When did Peter propose building the three tabernacles to Jesus, Moses and Elias?
Matthew and Mark: While Moses and Elias were yet with them ([Matt. xvii, 3, 4]; [Mark ix, 4–8]).
Luke: After they had departed ([ix, 33]).
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What did the voice from the clouds declare?
Mark and Luke: “This is my beloved Son; hear ye him” ([Mark ix, 7]; [Luke ix, 35]).
Matthew: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him” ([xvii, 5]).
Luke’s account of the Transfiguration differs in many respects from that of Matthew and Mark. Luke says that Jesus went up into the mountain to pray; Matthew and Mark make no mention of this. Luke says the disciples were asleep when Moses and Elias appeared. According to Matthew and Mark they were awake. Luke says that Moses and Elias “spake of his decease.” Matthew and Mark do not know what they talked about.