^{2 Ref} And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

^{3 Ref} And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

^{4 Ref} And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

^{5 Ref} And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

^{6 Ref} Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

^{7 Ref} And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

^{8 Ref} And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

^{9 Ref} And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

^{10 Ref} And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

^{11 Ref} And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

^{12 Ref} And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

^{13 Ref} But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.