The Transfiguration Story
in the Synoptic Gospels
  

Matthew 17:1-13
(New Revised Standard Version)
 

Mark 9:2-13
(New Revised Standard Version)
 

Luke 9:28-36
(New Revised Standard Version)
 

2Six days later,
     Jesus took with him
          Peter and James and his brother John
               and led them up a high mountain,
                    by themselves.
    
 2And he was transfigured before them,
       and his face shone like the sun,
             and his clothes became dazzling white.
   3Suddenly there appeared to them
                  Moses and Elijah,
                       talking with him.		 2Six days later,
     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,
     3and his clothes became dazzling white,
            such as no one on earth could bleach them.
   4And there appeared to them
                  Elijah with Moses,
                       who were talking with Jesus.		 28Now about eight days after these sayings
     Jesus took with him
          Peter and John and James,
               and went up on the mountain to pray.
    
 29And while he was praying,
    
        the appearance of his face changed,
             and his clothes became dazzling white.
   30Suddenly they saw two men,
                  Moses and Elijah,
                       talking to him.
    31They appeared in glory
               and were speaking of his departure,
         which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32Now Peter and his companions
        were weighed down with sleep;
              but since they had stayed awake,
                   they saw his glory
                        and the two men who stood with him.
33Just as they were leaving him,
 4Then Peter said to Jesus,
           “Lord, it is good for us to be here;
                        if you wish,
                  I will make three dwellings here,
                       one for you,
                       one for Moses, and
                       one for Elijah.”
 
     		     5Then Peter said to Jesus,
           “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here;
 
                  let us make three dwellings,
                       one for you,
                       one for Moses, and
                       one for Elijah.”
                            6He did not know what to say,
                                     for they were terrified.		        Peter said to Jesus,
           “Master, it is good for us to be here;
 
                  let us make three dwellings,
                       one for you,
                       one for Moses, and
                       one for Elijah”
                              —not knowing what he said.
 
5While he was still speaking,
         suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them,
 
 
            and from the cloud a voice said,
                  “This is my Son, the Beloved;
                         with him I am well pleased;
                               listen to him!”		  
     7Then a cloud overshadowed them,
 
 
            and from the cloud there came a voice,
                  “This is my Son, the Beloved;
 
                               listen to him!”		 34While he was saying this,
          a cloud came and overshadowed them;
                    and they were terrified
                             as they entered the cloud.
          35Then from the cloud came a voice that said,
                  “This is my Son, my Chosen;
 
                               listen to him!”
6When the disciples heard this,
       they fell to the ground
            and were overcome by fear.
     7But Jesus came and touched them, saying,
                 “Get up and do not be afraid.”		    
8And when they looked up,
       they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
 
 9As they were coming down the mountain,
        Jesus ordered them,
             “Tell no one about the vision
                     until after the Son of Man
                          has been raised from the dead.”
 
 
   		8Suddenly when they looked around,
       they saw no one with them any more,
              but only Jesus.
9As they were coming down the mountain,
        he ordered them
             to tell no one about what they had seen,
                  until after the Son of Man
                        had risen from the dead.
10So they kept the matter to themselves,
        questioning what this rising from the dead
               could mean. 		 36When the voice had spoken,
           Jesus was found alone.
 
 
 
 
 
 
And they kept silent
     and in those days told no one
          any of the things they had seen.
10And the disciples asked him,
         “Why, then, do the scribes say that
                  Elijah must come first?”
11He replied,
       “Elijah is indeed coming
                     and will restore all things;
 
 
 
 
      12but I tell you that Elijah has already come,
            and they did not recognize him,
                 but they did to him whatever they pleased.
          So also the Son of Man is about to suffer
                                     at their hands.”
             13Then the disciples understood
                      that he was speaking to them
                              about John the Baptist.		 11Then they asked him,
         “Why do the scribes say that
                  Elijah must come first?”
12He said to them,
       “Elijah is indeed coming first
                     to restore all things.
               How then is it written
                   about the Son of Man,
                      that he is to go through many sufferings
                           and be treated with contempt?
         13But I tell you that Elijah has come,
                 and they did to him whatever they pleased,
                      as it is written about him.”
 
 
 
 
  		 

The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
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