Now Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep; but when they got fully awake they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

Luke 9:29-36.

The vision must have occurred at night, for they were sleepy, and they did not come down from the mountain until the next day. But they were awake when they saw the transfiguration. Imagine the apostles’ amazement as they saw Jesus’ face shining as the sun, and his clothing glitteringly white! Long previously Moses, after returning from the mountain where God spoke with him, could hide the brilliance of his face by a veil, but the far greater glory of Christ made even his entire apparel brilliant, glistening.​—Ex. 34:29-35; compare 2 Corinthians 3:7-11.