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; 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 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.'