Mark 9:2-8

3. The Transfiguration 9:2-8 (cf. Matthew 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36)

This event not only fulfilled Jesus’ prediction in Mark 9:1, but it also confirmed what Peter had confessed in Mark 8:29. Despite Jesus’ coming death (Mark 8:31-32), it assured His disciples of eventual glory (Mark 8:38). Jesus had just finished addressing a wide audience (Mark 8:34). Now He spoke to a very narrow one (Mark 9:2).

"The transfiguration scene develops as a new ’Sinai’ theophany with Jesus as the central figure." [Note: Lane, p. 317.]