R.C. Sproul

Some of the other gospel writers make the same declaration that they are passing on to us in their writings, not folklore, but things of which they had firsthand experience.

When Paul gave his case for the resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15, he showed, first of all, the biblical evidence, which should have been enough for the resurrection.

But then went on to recite the appearances of Jesus to the 12, then to 500 people at one time.

And then finally he said, as one born out of due time, he appeared unto me.

I saw him.

I heard his voice.

He spoke to me in Hebrew on the road to Damascus.

Now, when Peter says that they were eyewitnesses of his majesty, it's not difficult to discern what specific event in the life and ministry of Jesus to which he was referring.

Listen to what he said.

We were eyewitnesses of his majesty, for he received from God the Father honor and glory.

When?

Well, when such a voice came to him out of the excellent glory.

out of the majesty, out of the glory.

Do you remember when John writes his prologue to his gospel, and the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and then he goes on, and he said, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth, and we beheld His glory.

Is there really any doubt about what John was referring to there and what Peter is referring to here?

In that event that took place on the mountain of transfiguration.

I've always thought to myself, if I had been blessed to have been alive during the earthly ministry of Jesus...

and would have been able to have been an eyewitness of the things that he did, the miracles that he performed.

I guess the number one thing I would have liked to have seen would have been the resurrected Christ, but very close to that would have been the transfiguration.

When on that occasion, after they had withdrawn from Galilee into the mountains,