Garments As White As Light

Καὶ οὐ μόνον αὐτὸς μεταμορφοῦται ἔμπροσθεν τῶν τοιούτων μαθητῶν οὐδέ προστίθησι μόνον τῇ μεταμορφώσει τὸ λάμψαι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, ἀλλὰ γὰρ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἀναχθεῖσιν ὑπ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὑψηλὸν ὄρος κατ᾿ ἰδίαν φαίνεται λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς. Ἱμάτια δὲ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ αἱ λέξεις καὶ ἃ ἐνεδύσατο τῶν εὐαγγελίων γράμματα. οἶμοι δ’ ὅτι καὶ τὰ παρὰ τοῖς ἀποστόλοις δηλούμενα περὶ αὐτοῦ ἱμάτιά ἐστιν Ἰησοῦ, γινόμενα τοῖς ἀναβαίνουσιν εἰς τὸ ὑψηλὸν ὄρος μετὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λευκά. ἀλλ᾿ ἐπεὶ καὶ λευκῶν εἰσι διαφοραί, τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ γίνονται λευκὰ ὡς τὸ πάντων λευκὸν λαμπρότατον καὶ καθαρώτατον· τοῦτο δέ ἐστι τὸ φῶς. ἐπὰν οὖν ἴδῃς τινὰ οὐ μόνον τὴν περὶ Ἰησοῦ θεολογίαν ἀκριβοῦντα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν λέξιν τῶν εὐαγγελίων πᾶσαν σαφηνίζοντα, μὴ ὄκνει τῷ τοιούτῳ φάσκειν γεγονέναι τὰ ἱμάτια τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς. Ὠριγένης, Κατὰ Ματθαιον Ἐξηγητικων, Τομος ΙΒ' Source: Migne PG 13 1069b-c

And not only is He transfigured before such disciples, nor does He only add to the transfiguration His face shining like the sun, for even His garments appear white as the light to those who were led up by Him into the high mountain, 1 and the garments of Jesus are the expressions and letters of the Gospels with which He invested Himself. For I think that the words in the Apostles which indicate the truths concerning Him are the garments of Jesus, which become white to those who go up onto the high mountain along with Jesus. And since there are differences in the whiteness of things, it is said His garments become white as the brightest and purest of all white things, and that is light. When, then, you observe someone who not only has an accurate theology concerning Jesus, but is also able to make clear every expression of the Gospels, do not hesitate to say that to him the garments of Jesus have become as white as light. Origen, from the Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint Matthew, Book 12 1 Mt 17.2