Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Then suddenly two men were [seen] talking with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah,
New American Standard Bible
And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah,
King James Version
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
Holman Bible
Suddenly, two men were talking with Him—Moses and Elijah.
International Standard Version
Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.
A Conservative Version
And behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
American Standard Version
And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;
Amplified
And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah,
Anderson New Testament
And. behold, two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah;
Bible in Basic English
And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;
Common New Testament
And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Elijah,
Daniel Mace New Testament
two persons of a glorious form were seen talking with him; they were Moses, and Elias,
Darby Translation
And lo, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias,
Godbey New Testament
And behold two men were talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah:
Goodspeed New Testament
And two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,
John Wesley New Testament
And behold two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Julia Smith Translation
And, behold, two men were speaking with him, which were Moses and Elias:
King James 2000
And, behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Modern King James verseion
And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And behold, two men talked with him, and they were Moses and Elijah,
Moffatt New Testament
There were two men conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
Montgomery New Testament
And suddenly there were two men talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah.
NET Bible
Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.
New Heart English Bible
And suddenly two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Noyes New Testament
And lo! two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah;
Sawyer New Testament
and behold, two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
The Emphasized Bible
And lo! two men, were conversing with him, who, indeed, were Moses and Elijah, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And, lo! two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elias:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And all at once two men were talking with Jesus; they were Moses and Elijah,
Webster
And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah.
Weymouth New Testament
And suddenly there were two men conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah.
Williams New Testament
And two men were talking with Him. They were Moses and Elijah,
World English Bible
Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Worrell New Testament
And, behold, two men were talking with Him, who, indeed, were Moses and Elijah;
Worsley New Testament
and behold two men talked with Him, which were Moses and Elias;
Youngs Literal Translation
And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » At the transfiguration of jesus
Elijah » Appears to jesus at his transfiguration
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Saints glorified
Jesus Christ » History of » Is transfigured
moses » Present with jesus on the mount of transfiguration
Peter » Present » At the transfiguration
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 9:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Transfiguration
29 And as He was praying, the appearance of His face was [miraculously] changed and His clothing became dazzling white. 30 Then suddenly two men were [seen] talking with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in splendor, and were speaking of Jesus' [coming] departure [i.e., His imminent death], which He was soon to experience at Jerusalem.
Cross References
Matthew 17:3-4
Then suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.
Mark 9:4-6
Then Elijah, along with Moses, appeared to them and they were talking with Jesus.
Luke 1:17
He will go on ahead of the Messiah [See verse 76], in the spirit and power of Elijah, to rekindle the affections of fathers for their children, and [to influence] disobedient people to live wisely like righteous people. And he will prepare the people to be ready for [the coming of] the Lord."
Luke 9:19
And they answered, " [Some say you are] John the Immerser, while others say [the prophet] Elijah, and [still others say] that one of the [other] prophets of old has risen again [from the dead]."
Luke 24:27
Then, beginning from [the writings of] Moses and all the prophets, Jesus explained to the two men about the things referring to Himself [contained] in all these Scripture passages.
Luke 24:44
Then Jesus said to the apostles, "These are the words that I told you while I was still with you, [when I said] that everything written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me needed to be fulfilled."
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; [but] God's favor and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:21-23
But now [i.e., under the Gospel age], a way of being considered right with God apart from [any] law has been made known. [The writings of] the law [i.e., the Pentateuch] and the prophets bear witness to this.
2 Corinthians 3:7-11
But if the ministry [of the law] that brings [spiritual] death, being carved in letters on stones, came with [such] splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its radiance [See Ex. 34:29-35], (even though such radiance [eventually] faded away),
Hebrews 3:3-6
For Jesus has been considered deserving of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself.
James 5:17-18
Elijah was a man with a similar nature as ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain [I Kings 17:1; 18:1], and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.