And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matthew 17:2 KJV
And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. Matthew 17:2 NASB
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matthew 26:39 KJV
And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:39 NASB
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands. Matthew 26:67 KJV
Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him. Matthew 26:67 NASB
Each of the four Gospels has its own unique message to transmit, and each does it in a different manner. Vocabulary, the grouping of incidents, the inclusion, and omission of certain events, and the emphasis all combine to produce a theme which is the goal of the 
Spirit of God.
In Mark, for example, the “hand” of the Servant seems prominent. In Luke, it is His “feet;” In John, it is His heart. But here in Matthew, we are told about His face.
Each writer will stress some different aspect in his account of the transfiguration. Matthew stresses the face of the Lord Jesus. “His face did shine as the sun.” His glory could not be concealed. This was not the reflected glory as the moon reflects the sun. This was inherent glory which displayed itself for that brief time on the mount. The glory of His face caused disciples to fall on their faces before Him (v 6).
One reason why Matthew may be drawing our attention to His face being as the sun, is the metaphor employed by Malachi: “unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings” (Mal 4:2). Here is the One Whose coming will bring healing to the nation and to the world.
From a scene of glory, we move to a scene of untold grief. Once again, it is Matthew who tells us that, “He went a little further and fell on His face.” Without overdone drama or emotion, Matthew records the scene in the Garden when the Lord Jesus, feeling the approaching hour and knowing what it would mean, fell upon the ground, deeply burdened, “sorrowful unto death.”
Splendor is now replaced by submission; glory traded for grief. The Creator prostrate in a garden of His own creating, so oppressed with the weight of sorrow that the only posture He could assume was this!
The third reference to His face is while amidst the Jewish leaders. “Then did they spit in His face.” Now it is not splendor or sorrow, but shame; not now glory or grief, but the grossest indignity possible. Human beings spitting into the face of another man is the greatest insult possible (Deut 25:9) reserved for an unwilling redeemer.
Here is the face from which heaven and earth will one day flee; the face that will in that day judge both small and great. Yet, men actually spit in His face. The insult would be repeated by the soldiers (ch 27:30) as well. The spittle of the Savior brought virtue (Mark 7:33; 8:23); the spittle of men revealed their vileness.
In lowly meekness and grace, He allowed His face which will one day shine as the sun to be covered with the spittle of man. As we sometimes sing, “O Christ My God, is this the Father’s will?”
Consider:
Trace His hands in Luke and notice the lovely truths associated with their mention in that Gospel.