Mark 9:2-13

The Transfiguration

2 ¹And after six days Jesus took with him ²Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was ³transfigured before them,

3 and ⁴his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one^[a] on earth could bleach them.

4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter said to Jesus, ⁵“Rabbi, ^[b] it is good that we are here. Let us make three ⁶tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. ”

6 For ⁷he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.

7 And ⁸a cloud overshadowed them, and ⁹a voice came out of the cloud, ¹⁰“This is my beloved Son; ^{[c] 11}listen to him. ”

8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

9 ¹²And as they were coming down the mountain, ¹³he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, ¹⁴until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 ¹⁵So they kept the matter to themselves, ¹⁶questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say ¹⁷that first Elijah must come? ”

12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first ¹⁸to restore all things. And ¹⁹how is it written of the Son of Man that he should ²⁰suffer many things and ²¹be treated with contempt?

13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and ²²they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him. ”

Cross References

• 1. 9:2 For ver. 2-8, see Matt. 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36
• 2. 9:2 ch. 5:37; 14:33
• 3. 9:2 [2 Cor. 3:18 (Gk.)]
• 4. 9:3 Dan. 7:9; [Ps. 104:2; Matt. 28:3]
• 5. 9:5 See John 1:38
• 6. 9:5 [Neh. 8:15]
• 7. 9:6 [ch. 14:40; Luke 9:33]
• 8. 9:7 2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16]
• 9. 9:7 2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16]
• 10. 9:7 ch. 12:6; See Matt. 3:17
• 11. 9:7 Acts 3:22
• 12. 9:9 For ver. 9-13, see Matt. 17:9-13
• 13. 9:9 ch. 5:43; See Matt. 8:4
• 14. 9:9 ch. 8:31
• 15. 9:10 Luke 9:36
• 16. 9:10 [John 16:17]
• 17. 9:11 See Matt. 11:14
• 18. 9:12 Mal. 4:6; Luke 1:16, 17; [Acts 1:6; 3:21]
• 19. 9:12 Ps. 22:6, 7; Isa. 53:2, 3; Dan. 9:26; Zech. 13:7; [Phil. 2:7]; See Matt. 26:24
• 20. 9:12 See ch. 8:31
• 21. 9:12 Luke 23:11; Acts 4:11
• 22. 9:13 ch. 6:17, 27

Footnotes

• [a] 9:3 Greek 'launderer' ('gnapheus')
• [b] 9:5 'Rabbi' means 'my teacher', or 'my master'
• [c] 9:7 Or 'my Son, my' (or 'the') 'Beloved'