READ Matthew 17 COMMENTARY: : 8        And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. (1869 “lifted up” [epairo] means exalt self, take up, hoisted up, raise up, to direct one’s attention to something by looking closely at, or to lift from the ground.) DEVOTION:  Peter is guilty of opening his mouth every often while he followed Jesus. He would say things that Jesus didn’t appreciate. He had some good things to say but it seemed like he didn’t think before he spoke. On this occasion he wanted to build a place for the three men to rest. He wanted to set up a shrine to Jesus, Moses and Elijah. It was wrong but he had to say something. Many of us are guilty of have foot in mouth disease as well. We open our…