Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

2 Peter 1:18

ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ ὄρει. It was the Transfiguration that made the mountain holy (Bigg), just as the vision of the Burning Bush made that site “holy ground” (Exodus 3:5). The “holy hill” par excellence of the O.T. is Mount Sion.

It is interesting to note that the Acts of Peter (see Introd.) make St Peter select the story of the Transfiguration as the subject of a special discourse, perhaps from a recollection of the passage before us; there, too, the phrase holy mountain is used.

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2 Peter 1:18

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