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.

Cross-reference

Mark 5:37 Parallel

Mark 5:37 shows Jesus taking the same three disciples—Peter, James, John—to Jairus's daughter, establishing them as his inner circle of witnesses.

Mark 14:33 Parallel

Mark 14:33 includes Peter, James, and John at Gethsemane, reinforcing their role as Jesus' chosen witnesses at key moments.

Exodus 24:13 describes Moses taking Joshua up the mountain, prefiguring Jesus taking three disciples for a divine revelation on a mountain.

Exodus 34:29-35 shows Moses' face shining after meeting God — this prefigures Jesus' radiant glory on the mount.

Isaiah 53:2 Contrast

Isaiah 53:2 says the Messiah had no beauty — in contrast, the transfiguration reveals his divine glory and radiance.

Matthew 17:2 is the parallel account of the transfiguration, describing Jesus' face shining like the sun and clothes white.

Matthew 17:11-13 explains that Elijah has already come in John the Baptist, clarifying the identity of the figures seen in this transfiguration event.

Luke 9:28-36 adds details like Jesus praying and the disciples being sleepy, enriching the parallel account of the transfiguration.

Luke 9:29 Parallel

Luke 9:29 is another account — Jesus' face altered and clothing dazzling white during prayer on the mountain.

John 1:14 Allusion

John 1:14 declares we have seen his glory — the transfiguration is a concrete moment when the disciples saw that glory.

2 Peter 1:16-18 is Peter's own eyewitness testimony to this event, affirming its historical reality and majesty.

Revelation 1:13-17 portrays Christ in similar glorious brightness and power, echoing the transfigured appearance here.

Philippians 2:6-8 describes Christ's voluntary humility, contrasting with the unveiled divine glory seen here on the mountain.

Philippians 2:8 describes Christ's human humility and death — contrasting with the revealed divine glory of the Transfiguration here.

Philippians 3:21 promises believers will be transformed into Christ's glorious body, a future fulfillment previewed in this transfiguration.