Mark 9:2-13

The Transfiguration

2 And after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

3 and his clothing became radiant--extremely white, like no cloth refiner on earth can {make so white}.

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

5 And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

6 (For he did not know what he should answer, because they were terrified.)

7 And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

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

9 And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.

11 And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

12 And he said to them, "Elijah indeed does come first [and] restores all [things]. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man that he should suffer many [things] and be treated with contempt?

13 But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "make white like this"
• [b] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c] *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were coming down")
• [d] Literally "is"
• [e] Literally "[what is it] that"
• [f] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("does come") has been translated as a finite verb