9 ² Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain where they were alone; and in their presence he was transfigured; 9 ³ his clothes became dazzling white, with a whiteness no bleacher on earth could equal. 9 ⁴ They saw Elijah appear, and Moses with him, and there they were, conversing with Jesus. 9 ⁵ Then Peter spoke: 'Rabbi,' he said, 'how good it is that we are here! Shall we make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah?' 9 ⁶ (For he did not know what to say; they were so terrified.) 9 ⁷ Then a cloud appeared, casting its shadow over them, and out of the cloud came a voice: 'This is my Son, my Beloved; Or: This is my only Son. listen to him.' 9 ⁸ And now suddenly, when they looked around, there was nobody to be seen but Jesus alone with themselves.

9 ⁹ On their way down the mountain, he enjoined them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 9 ¹⁰ They seized upon those words, and discussed among themselves what this 'rising from the dead' could mean. 9 ¹¹ And they put a question to him: 'Why do our teachers say that Elijah must be the first to come?' 9 ¹² He replied, 'Yes, Elijah does come first to set everything right. Yet how is it Or: Elijah, you say, comes first to set everything right: then how is it ... that the scriptures say of the Son of Man that he is to endure great sufferings and to be treated with contempt? 9 ¹³ However, I tell you, Elijah has already come and they have worked their will upon him, as the scriptures say of him.'