Mark 9:2 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:2

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book I (202)

He asserts that the fruit of this arrangement and analogy has been manifested in the likeness of an image, namely, Him who, after six days, ascended into the mountain along with three others, and then became one of six (the sixth), in which character He descended and was contained in the Hebdomad, since He was the illustrious Ogdoad, and contained in Himself the entire number of the elements, which the descent of the dove (who is Alpha and Omega) made clearly manifest, when He came to be baptized; for the number of the dove is eight hundred and one.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

By themselves - That is, separate from the multitude: Apart - From the other apostles: and was transfigured - The Greek word seems to refer to the form of God, and the form of a servant, {mentioned by St. Paul, Phil. ii, 6, 7} and may intimate, that the Divine rays, which the indwelling God let out on this occasion, made the glorious change from one of these forms into the other.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, etc. - For a full account of the nature and design of the transfiguration, see on Mat 17:1 (note), etc. A high mountain - I have conjectured, Mat 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 transfigured; but this appears to be added from Luk 9:29.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
μετὰ	meta	after	G3326 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
ἓξ	hex	six	G1803 →
παραλαμβάνει	paralambanei	takes along	G3880 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Πέτρον	Petron	Peter	G4074 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰάκωβον	Iakōbon	James	G2385 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀναφέρει	anapherei	brings up	G399 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ὄρος	oros	a mountain	G3735 →
ὑψηλὸν	hupsēlon	high	G5308 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	apart	G2596 →
ἰδίαν	idian	[on their] own	G2398 →
μόνους.	monous	alone.	G3441 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
μετεμορφώθη	metemorphōthē	He was transfigured	G3339 →
ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	before	G1715 →
αὐτῶν,	autōn	them,	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 5:37
And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
leads to
- Mark 14:33
  He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- Acts 9:40
  Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
  This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
Through
Isaiah 33:17
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
leads to
- Zechariah 9:17
  How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
Through
Mark 14:33
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
leads to
- Luke 22:44
  And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…