These verses contain one of the most remarkable events in our Lord's earthly ministry--the event commonly called the TRANSFIGURATION. The order in which it is recorded is beautiful and instructive. The latter part of the last chapter shows us the cross.

We read in this passage another of our Lord's great miracles. He heals a young man lunatic and possessed with a devil. The first thing we see in these verses is a lively emblem of the dreadful influence sometimes exercised by Satan over the young.

These verses contain a circumstance in our Lord's history, which is not recorded by any of the evangelists excepting Matthew. A remarkable miracle is worked in order to provide payment of the tax-money, required for the service of the temple.