Luke 9:32
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Cross-reference
In Luke 22:45, the disciples are again found sleeping during a pivotal moment — similar to their sleep here at the transfiguration.
In Luke 22:46, disciples also sleep at a crucial moment—Gethsemane—reinforcing a pattern of human weakness during divine revelation.
In John 1:14, the apostle declares 'we beheld His glory,' directly echoing the eyewitness experience of the Transfiguration.
In John 17:24, Jesus prays for believers to behold His glory—a request that the Transfiguration anticipates.
In 2 Peter 1:16, Peter recalls being an eyewitness of Christ's majesty—a direct reference to the Transfiguration event.
In 1 John 3:2, the promise of seeing Christ as He is echoes the disciples' glimpse of His glory on the mountain — a foretaste of full revelation.
In Revelation 22:4, the promise of seeing God's face fulfills the glory the disciples glimpsed at the Transfiguration.
In Matthew 26:43, the same three disciples are found sleeping again — this time during Jesus' agony, contrasting with their earlier glory.
In Mark 14:37, Peter, James, and John are found sleeping in Gethsemane — the same disciples who were heavy with sleep at the Transfiguration.
In Matthew 26:40-43, Jesus rebukes sleeping disciples in Gethsemane, showing a recurring failure to stay alert during pivotal moments.