Mark 9:2–13

THE TRANSFIGURATION

²After^ar six days^as Jesus took Peter, James, and John^at and led them up a high mountain^au by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured^av in front of them, ³and his clothes^aw became dazzling—extremely white^ax as no launderer on earth could whiten^ay them. ⁴Elijah^az appeared to them with Moses,^ba and they were talking with Jesus. ⁵Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi,^bb it’s good^bc for us to be here. Let’s set up three shelters:^bd one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—⁶because he did not know what to say,^be since they were terrified.^bf

⁷A cloud^bg appeared, overshadowing^bh them, and a voice^bi came from the cloud:^bj “This is my beloved^bk Son;^bl listen to him!”^bm

⁸Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

⁹As^bn they were coming down the mountain,^bo he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen^bp until the Son of Man^bq had risen^br from the dead.^{bs 10}They kept this word^bt to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.

¹¹Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes^bu say that Elijah must come first?”^bv

¹²“Elijah does come first and restores^bw all things,”^bx he replied. “Why then is it written^by that the Son of Man must suffer^bz many things and be treated with contempt?^{ca 13}But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written^cb about him.”