1 gFor ver. 1-8, see Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36 And after six days Jesus took with himhch. 26:37; Mark 5:37 Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he wasi[2 Cor. 3:18 (Gk.)] transfigured before them, andjRev. 1:16; 10:1 his face shone like the sun, andkDan. 7:9; [ch. 28:3; Ps. 104:2] his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one forl[Mal. 4:5] Elijah. ” 5 He was still speaking when, behold,m2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16] a bright cloud overshadowed them, andm2 Pet. 1:17; [Ex. 24:15, 16] a voice from the cloud said,nSee ch. 3:17 “This is my beloved Son,1Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved with whom I am well pleased;oActs 3:22 listen to him. ” 6 Whenp2 Pet. 1:18 the disciples heard this,q[Gen. 17:3; Ezek. 1:28; Rev. 1:17] they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came andrDan. 8:18; 10:10, 18 touched them, saying, “Rise, andsch. 14:27 have no fear. ” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
9 tFor ver. 9-13, see Mark 9:9-13 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, uSee ch. 8:4; 12:16 “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead. ” 10 And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes sayvSee ch. 11:14; Mal. 4:5, 6 that first Elijah must come? ” 11 He answered, “Elijah does come, andwLuke 1:16, 17; [Acts 1:6; 3:21] he will restore all things. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, butxch. 14:3, 10 did to him whatever they pleased.ych. 16:21 So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands. ” 13 zch. 16:12 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
14 aFor ver. 14-19, see Mark 9:14-28; Luke 9:37-42 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he isbch. 4:24 an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, andc[ch. 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 10:17] they could not heal him. ” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless anddPhil. 2:15; [John 20:27] twisted generation, how long am I to be with you?e[John 14:9] How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me. ” 18 And Jesusfch. 8:26; Zech. 3:2; Mark 1:25; Luke 4:35, 39; Jude 9 rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, andgSee ch. 9:22 the boy was healed instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out? ” 20 He said to them, h[John 11:40]; See ch. 6:30 “Because of your little faith. Forich. 21:21, 22; Mark 11:23 truly, I say to you,jLuke 17:6; [ch. 13:31] if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,kver. 9; [1 Cor. 13:2] you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there, ’ and it will move, andlMark 9:23 nothing will be impossible for you. ”
22 mFor ver. 22, 23, see Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45; [ch. 16:21-28; 20:17-19] As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised onnSee Mark 8:31 the third day. ” And they were greatly distressed.
24 oMark 9:33 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors ofpEx. 30:13; 38:26 the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax? ” 25 He said, “Yes. ” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, qch. 18:12; 21:28 “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll orrch. 22:17, 19; Mark 12:14; Rom. 13:7 tax? From their sons or from others? ” 26 And when he said, “From others, ” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself. ”