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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
CHRYSOSTOM.f Again, Peter neither comprehended that the Lord worked His transfiguration for the showing forth of His true glory, nor that He did this in order to teach men, nor that it was impossible for them to leave the multitude and dwell in the mountain. It goes on, For they were sore afraid. But this fear of theirs was one by which they were raised from their usual state of mind to one higher, and they recognised that those who appeared to them were Moses and Elias. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Peter, however, was afraid to come down from the mountain (for he dreaded the Lord's crucifixion) and therefore said: "It is good for us to be here," and not to go down into the midst of the Jews; for if Your enemies come here, we have Moses, who struck the Egyptians, and we have Elijah, who brought down fire from heaven and destroyed the captains of fifty. About what, then, did the prophets converse with Him? They spoke of His Crucifixion and death. …
Western Saints
Bede
If the transfigured humanity of Christ and the society of but two saints seen for a moment, could confer delight to such a degree that Peter would, even by serving them, stay their departure, how great a happiness will it be to enjoy the vision of Deity amidst choirs of Angels for ever? …
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