Luke 9:28–36

The Transfiguration

9:28–36pp—Mt 17:1–8; Mk 9:2–8

²⁸About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James^o with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.^{p 29}As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. ³⁰Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. ³¹They spoke about his departure,^aq which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. ³²Peter and his companions were very sleepy,^r but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. ³³As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master,^s it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

³⁴While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. ³⁵A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen;^t listen to him.”^{u 36}When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.^v