Christian Standard Bible
Mark 9:2
2After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them,
Mark 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
- New International Version (NIV)After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.
Context of Mark 9:2
1Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.” After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them, 3and his clothes became dazzling — extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them. 4Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
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Καὶ μετὰ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰάκωβον καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν μόνους. καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- sixἕξhex · sixG1803
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- takethπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
- PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
- JamesἸάκωβοςIakōbos · JamesG2385
- JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
- leadethἀναφέρωanapherō · to carry upG399
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- anὄροςoros · mountainG3735
- highὑψηλόςhupsēlos · highG5308
- apartμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
- byκατάkata · according toG2596
- themselvesἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- he was transfiguredμεταμορφόωmetamorphoō · to transformG3339
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
Cross-references for Mark 9:2
- Matthew 17:11“Elijah is coming and will restore everything,” he replied.
- Luke 9:28About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
- Mark 5:37He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James’s brother.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Exodus 24:13So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.
- 1 Kings 18:42So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the summit of Carmel. He bent down on the ground and put his face between his knees.
- Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard about it, he withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot from the towns.
- Luke 6:12During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.
- Mark 16:12After this, he appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.
- Exodus 34:29As Moses descended from Mount Sinai — with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain — he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord.
- Isaiah 33:17Your eyes will see the King in his beauty; you will see a vast land.
- Isaiah 53:2He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.
- Matthew 17:2He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light.
- Luke 9:29As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Commentaries on Mark 9:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, etc. - For a full account of the nature and design of the transfiguration, see on Matthew 17:1; (note), etc. A high mountain - I have conjectured, Matthew 17:1, that this was one of the mountains of Galilee: some say Hermon, some Tabor; but Dr. Lightfoot thinks a mountain near Caesarea Philippi to be more likely. Was transfigured - Four good MSS. and Origen add here, And While They Were Praying he was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-10Verses 2-10 And after six days - See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:1-9. Mark 9:3 No fuller - Rather, no “scourer.” The office of the person here mentioned was to “scour” or “whiten” cloth; not to “full” it, or to render it thicker. Mark 9:6 He wist not - He “knew not.” He was desirous of saying something, and he knew not what would be proper.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8This story is connected to 8:27–9:1 both chronologically (After six days) and thematically (9:7). The presence of Peter, James, and John might be the fulfillment of “some standing here” in 9:1 (see also 5:37; 13:3; 14:33). Some interpreters believe that the Son of God’s glory before he became human (his pre-incarnate glory) shone through his human nature for a moment at the transfiguration (John 1:14; 17:5). It is more likely that this event was an early…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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