Transfiguration of Jesus
- noun
- /trænsˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən əv ˈdʒizəs/
- Literature
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Transfiguración de Jesús
- During the Transfiguration of Jesus, his face shone like the sun and his clothes became dazzling white.
Examples
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The disciples were amazed when they witnessed the Transfiguration of Jesus, where he glowed with divine light.
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He's read his gospels, at least one of them, and he's harkening back to the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain with Moses and Elijah there.
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The event known as the Transfiguration of Jesus is celebrated by Christians as a remarkable demonstration of his divine nature.
Synonyms
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A Bible event in which Jesus changed and shone with bright light, celebrated by Christians
Surface Forms
Morphology
Transfiguration + of + Jesus
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining 'transfiguration' (a transformation or change of form) with the genitive 'of Jesus', so its meaning — the transformation of Jesus — is directly derivable from the constituents. Although it names a specific biblical event, the compositional structure and semantics are transparent and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the words would understand the phrase's basic meaning.
Etymology
Transfiguration of Jesus comes from Bible stories in which Jesus went up a mountain and suddenly shone with bright light, so he looked changed to the three disciples who watched. Because of that shining change, the story shows 'divine glory' and the phrase points to a sudden, clear change or a moment when someone's true nature is shown.