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For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.
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Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him."
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Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.
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As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
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So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.
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They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
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"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?
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Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."
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As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.
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Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.
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"What is the subject you are discussing?" He asked them.