Mark 9:2 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 9:2 Mean?
Mark counts the days, after six days, tying the mountain to the promise just given. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, the inner three who will also watch with Him in Gethsemane, up a high mountain apart. There, away from every crowd, He is transfigured before them: His very form is changed, and glory shines through.
For a brief hour the veil over Jesus' ordinary appearance is drawn aside. The teacher from Nazareth walking toward a cross is revealed as the Lord of glory, and the brightness is not borrowed but His own. Paul later uses this same verb for believers, who are being transformed into His likeness from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:2). The One who shines on the mountain intends to share that light.
Mark 9:2 in the Original Language
metamorphoo (μεταμορφόω), 'transfigured' -- to be changed in form, transformed from within.
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What does Mark 9:2 mean?
Six days later Jesus leads Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and He is transfigured before their eyes.