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| | Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | The true meaning of Lent |
 | | When Jesus takes his inner cabinet (Peter, James and John) to the summit of a high, lonely mountain (believed to be Mount Hermon or Tabor), the three synoptic writers - Matthew, Mark and Luke - describe his metamorphosis. |
 | | The small party descends the mountain and Jesus asks them not to tell anyone about the transfiguration. |
 | | The links with the Old Testament (the presence of Elijah and Moses, and the motifs of mountain, cloud and voice) are full of pointers to the future. |
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