Andreas of Caesarea : This was the third time this happened. The first was at Jesus' baptism, and the second was when the Son cried to the Father: "Father, glorify me with the glory which I had with you before the foundation of the world." The transfiguration was therefore the third time. — CATENA Bede : And we heard this voice brought from heaven, etc. Some deny that this Epistle was written by the blessed Apostle Peter; had they carefully attended to this verse and what follows: When we were with him on the holy mountain, they would by no means doubt the author of this Epistle. For it is established, according to the faith of the Gospels, that Peter, along with his fellow apostles James and John, heard that aforementioned voice when the Lord was glorified on the mountain. — Commentary on the Catholic Epistles Hilary of Arles : Tradition says that the transfiguration took place on Mt. Tabor. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER Hippolytus of Rome : Now the Logos of God controls all these; the first begotten Child of the Father, the voice of the Dawn antecedent to the Morning Star. — Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X