The Transfiguration

9 And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are ^[a]some of those who are standing here who will not taste (experience) death before they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

² Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured (changed in form) before them [and began to shine brightly with divine and regal glory];^{(A) 3} and His clothes became radiant and dazzling, intensely white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ⁴ Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were having a conversation with Jesus. ⁵ Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁶ For he did not [really] know what to say because they were terrified [and stunned by the miraculous sight]. ⁷ Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and ^[b]a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him and obey Him!” ⁸ Suddenly they looked around and no longer saw anyone with them, except Jesus alone.

⁹ As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus expressly ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰ So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, ^[c]discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead. ¹¹ They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”^{(B) 12} He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?^{(C) 13} But I say to you that Elijah has in fact come [already], and they ^[d]did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written [in Scripture] of him.”