9 ² And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, 9 ³ and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. 9 ⁴ And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. 9 ⁵ And Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." 9 ⁶ For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. 9 ⁷ And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." 9 ⁸ And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.

9 ⁹ And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. 9 ¹⁰ So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant. 9 ¹¹ And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" 9 ¹² And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 9 ¹³ But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."