Jesus

====Proclamation as Christ and Transfiguration====
{{Main|Confession of Peter|Transfiguration of Jesus}}
[[File:Transfigurationbloch.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|The [[Transfiguration of Jesus]], depicted by [[Carl Bloch]], 19th century]]
At about the middle of each of the three Synoptic Gospels are two significant events: the Confession of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and the Transfiguration of Jesus.<ref name="Barton132" /><ref name="KingsburyMark">{{cite book|title=The Christology of Mark's Gospel|url=https://archive.org/details/christologyofmar0000king|url-access=limited|first= Jack D. |last= Kingsbury |year=1983 |isbn= 978-1-4514-1007-5 |publisher= Fortress Press|pages= [https://archive.org/details/christologyofmar0000king/page/91 91]–95}}</ref>{{sfn|Lee|2004|pp=21–30}}<ref name="Nobbs" /> These two events are not mentioned in the Gospel of John.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|loc=John, Gospel of}}

In his Confession, [[Saint Peter|Peter]] tells Jesus, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."<ref name="Karris">{{cite book |last=Karris |first=Robert J. |title=The Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament |publisher=Liturgical Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-8146-2211-7 |pages=885–886 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Who do you say that I am? Essays on Christology|first1=Jack D.|last1= Kingsbury| first2=Mark A.|last2= Powell|first3= David R. |last3=Bauer |year=1999 |isbn= 978-0-664-25752-1 |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |page= xvi}}</ref>{{sfn|Donahue|Harrington|2002|p= 336}} Jesus affirms that Peter's confession is divinely revealed truth.<ref name="OneTeacher">{{cite book |last=Yieh |first=John Y. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0-NaraCrAoC |title=One teacher: Jesus' teaching role in Matthew's gospel |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-11-018151-7 |pages=240–241 |language=en |access-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008221947/https://books.google.com/books?id=g0-NaraCrAoC |archive-date=8 October 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Pannenberg|1968|pp=53–54}} After the confession, Jesus tells his disciples about his upcoming death and resurrection.<ref>Matthew 16:21, Mark 8:31, and Luke 9:22.</ref>

In the Transfiguration,<ref>[[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#17:1|Matthew 17:1–9]], [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Mark#9:2|Mark 9:2–8]], and [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#9:28|Luke 9:28–36]].</ref>{{sfn|Lee|2004|pp=21–30}}<ref name="Nobbs">{{cite book |last1=Harding |first1=Mark |title=The Content and the Setting of the Gospel Tradition |last2=Nobbs |first2=Alanna |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-8028-3318-1 |pages=281–282 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Barton132" /> Jesus takes Peter and two other apostles up an unnamed mountain, where "he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white".{{sfn|Lee|2004|pp=72–76}} A bright cloud appears around them, and a voice from the cloud says, "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him."<ref>[[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#17:1|Matthew 17:1–9]].</ref>{{sfn|Lee|2004|pp=21–30}}