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