King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 17:8

“And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.”

Verse in context — Matthew 17

And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, ‹Arise, and be not afraid.›

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, ‹Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.›

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.