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Mark 9:2

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.

KJV

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,

Greek NT

Et vestimenta ejus facta sunt splendentia, et candida nimis velut nix, qualia fullo non potest super terram candida facere.

Vulgate

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;

ASV

And his garments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller upon earth can make white.

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μεταμορφόω
metamorphoo
verb · 4×
μόνος
monos
adjective · 48×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
ἀναφέρω
anaphero
verb · 8×
ἔμπροσθεν
emprosthen
adverb · 48×
ἕξ
ex
adjective · 12×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἰάκωβος
iakobos
noun · 42×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὑψηλός
upselos
adjective · 12×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/RP: καὶ | NIV: + τὸν
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • + τὸνReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§552Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve;283 Jesus entrusted a unique mission to him. Through a revelation from the Father, Peter had confessed: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Our Lord then declared to him: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."284 Christ, the "living …
The various hypotheses of Marcus and others. Theories respecting letters and syllables. 1. This Marcus then, declaring that he alone was the matrix and receptacle of the Sige of Colorbasus, inasmuch as he was only-begotten, has brought to the birth in some such way as follows that which was committed to him of the defective Enthymesis. He declares that the infinitely exalted Te…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:42 — So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
  • 2Cor 13:1 — This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 34:29 — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while
  • Isa 33:17 — Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
  • Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Luke 9:28 — And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
  • Luke 9:28 — And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
  • Luke 9:29 — And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
  • Mark 1:19 — And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
  • Mark 5:37 — And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
  • Mark 5:37 — And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
  • Mark 9:15 — And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
  • Mark 14:33 — And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
  • Mark 16:12 — After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
  • Matt 17:1 — And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
  • Matt 17:1 — And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
  • Matt 17:11 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
  • Phil 2:8 — And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  • Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
  • Rev 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Rom 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.