The Jewish apocalyptic plays an important role in early Christianity, as well as in Judaism of diaspora. When we read the story of the Transfiguration in the Gospel of Matthew and compare the same with the Gospel of Mark and Luke, we see similarities and differences. Among the differences, those presented by the Gospel of Matthew draw attention by highlighting that gives doomsday aspects. Therefore, this research analyzes the influence of Jewish apocalyptic account of the Transfiguration in the Gospel of Matthew. To do this, the search begins by addressing the central issues of Jewish apocalyptic, and also the historical context of the Gospel of Matthew, namely, its relationship with the environment and with the Judaisms from the end of the first century AD the then perícope of Matt 17,1-8 is parsed by method, that of historical-critical analysis of the method, outlines how the writer worked its source, the story of the Gospel of mark. Finally, the theological aspects of pericope studied are analyzed, having as a principle the comparison with texts of Jewish apocalyptic that have some correspondence. The match, at each point, is done by observing the following order: chronological, semantics and theological. This way the search ratifies the idea that in order to understand the story of Matthew of the Transfiguration is required knowledge of Jewish apocalyptic.