And It Came to Pass

The Transfiguration According to St. Luke.

For SATB choir. Duration - 5 minutes.

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray, and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white — sparkling. And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem, but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him. And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, ‘Master, it is good to us to behere; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,’ not knowing what he saith: and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, ‘This is My Son — the Beloved; hear ye him;’ and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone; and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen. -Luke 9: 28-36 (Young’s Literal Translation 1898)

Commissioned by Glencoe Union Church Chancel Choir, directed by AJ Keller.