Verse 37 On the next day, when they were come down. This form of expression, and the disposition to sleep manifested by the three apostles, as mentioned in Luke 9:32, seems to imply that the transfiguration took place at night. It is not wonderful that the sublime circumstances of the scene should have strongly affected the ardent feelings of the apostle Peter. He alludes to the event long afterwards, (2 Peter 1:16-18,) in language which shows that it made a deep and lasting impression upon his mind.