but whenever you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face:

for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

and was transfigured before them; his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

and when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were in a terrible fright.

then they spit in his face, some beat him on the head, others slapt him on the cheeks,