"Six days later, JESUS took with HIM Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain. There, HIS appearance was changed before their eyes. Even HIS clothes shone, becoming as white as no bleach of this world could make them. Elijah and Moses appeared to them; the two were talking with JESUS.
Then Peter spoke and said to JESUS, 'Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for YOU, one for Moses, and one Elijah.' For HE did not what to say: they were overcome with awe. But a cloud formed, covering them in a shadow, and from the cloud came a voice, 'This is MY Son, the Beloved: listen to HIM!' And suddenly, as they looked around, they no longer saw anyone except JESUS with them.
As they came down the mountain, HE ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So, they kept this to themselves, although they discussed with one another what 'to rise from the dead' could mean." - Mark 9:2-10
(The transfiguration of JESUS is the midpoint of Mark's Gospel.
This manifestation is in fact one of the most important in the New Testament. In the liturgy of oriental Churches, the feast of the Transfiguration holds a place of supreme importance.
Though not the summit, it is in fact the summary of all revelation. Moses and Elijah, the spokesmen of the Law and the Prophets [in a word, of all the Old Testament] present the CHRIST of the Gospel to the apostles Peter, James, and John, those who will be responsible for the preaching of the Gospel.)
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