Mark 9:2–13

The Transfiguration

9:2–8pp—Lk 9:28–36 9:2–13pp—Mt 17:1–13

²After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John^r with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. ³His clothes became dazzling white,^s whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. ⁴And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

⁵Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi,^t it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶(He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

⁷Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud:^u “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”^v

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

⁹As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone^w what they had seen until the Son of Man^x had risen from the dead. ¹⁰They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

¹¹And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

¹²Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man^y must suffer much^z and be rejected?^{a 13}But I tell you, Elijah has come,^b and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”