67. Travels to a high mountain (Tabor?)
Site information: Tabor
There are different traditions with the identity of the "high mountain". Some hold that it was Mt Hermon, others consider Mt Tabor as the location. Due to its central location, Mt Tabor seems like a more plausible candidate for the Holy mountain - "the mount of Transfiguration".
Mount Tabor is strategically located on the main north-south ancient road. It was the stage for many old testament events. It was also an important fortress during the First and Second Temple, Greek and Roman times.
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Biblical References:
Mk 9:2: "And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them".
Mt 17:1: "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart"
Lk 9:28: "And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray."