Matthew 17:1–13

¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves, ²and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light, ³and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him. ⁴And Peter answering said to Jesus, ‘Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths—for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.’ ⁵While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My Son,—the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.’ ⁶And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid, ⁷and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, ‘Rise, be not afraid,’ ⁸and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only. ⁹And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, ‘Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.’ ¹⁰And his disciples questioned him, saying, ‘Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?’ ¹¹And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things, ¹²and I say to you—Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.’ ¹³Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.