The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

- - -- . . . ..1- 4 . - 8 4 - , '.esl~sessly that what they- had seen was a vision---Matthew XUII., 9. Peter in his second Epistleesplains that the vision- foreshadowed the gloriouslringdoin . of Christ.- _ - 'I'he word rendered " vision " is in the Greek,, Fzoranza. This word ocdhrs altogether twelve times:r in the New Testament, and in each instance it isproperly rendered " vl~ion.'~ To take twoexamples : in Acts =., 11, 12, we read : ." The Lordsaid unto him (Ananias), Arise and go into thestreet which is called Straight and enquire in thehouse of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, forbehold ' he prayeth and hath seen in a vision(izorama) a man named Ananias coming in and puttinghis hand on him that he might receive hissight." The man seen by the blind Saul of Tarsuswas evidently not a reality, but a vision: In ActsXII., 7, 9, we read : " Behold an angel of the Lor&came upon -him and a light shined in the prieon,- , and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up,' saying, Arise up quickly . . . Aud he went out andfollowed him and wist not that it was true which wasdonesby the angel, but thought he saw a vision '?-hovama. Peter thought that what he had seen wasa vision, and did not know that it was a reality.These examples make it evident that the wordhorama used by Christ indicated that Moses andalias were not really present on the Mount, butonly appeared to be there. The whole scene was-avision.To say that Moses and Elias actually stood withChrist on the Mount would be to contradict theteaching of the Scriptures that Jesus was the first- to rise from the dead-Acts XXVI., 23; I. Corin-- . thians XV., 20.- -- -8 ,-+ -< - 28. . ' # I ,I . - .-, . ' . I. L '. - 4. -* . --5 _ t