Pointing to it and its significance, he wrote: “No, it was not by following artfully contrived false stories that we acquainted you with the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but it was by having become eyewitnesses of his magnificence.
Domādams par šo parādību un tās nozīmi, viņš rakstīja: ” Nevis izgudrotām pasakām sekodami, mēs jums esam sludinājuši mūsu Jēzus Kristus spēku un atnākšanu, bet kā tādi, kas esam kļuvuši viņa varenības acu liecinieki.