![]() Home > Table of Contents > Mark 9 > The Transfiguration > Verses > Mark 9:2 | 1a 1b 1c 1d | 2a 2b 2c 2d | 3a 3b | 4a 4b | 5a 5b 5c 5d | 6 | 7a 7b | 8 | 9a 9b 9c | 10a - 13c | Mk 9:2a ... And after six days, ...
The verb an-af-er'-o means "to carry or bring up." The preposition ice primarily means "into" but is mistranslated in most gospels as "to." The diagram in the book (not the one above) shows how it is possible for Jesus and the three disciples to simultaneously be tangent to each other and also be privately alone. (Note: This image is not the one in the book) Mk 9:2b ... Jesus takes the Stone and the James and John, ...
When the Simon Peter and the James and John circles are placed as high up into the mountain as they can go, meaning tangent to the inside of the triangle, Jesus has now geometrically lead the three up into a high mountain by themselves and is now before them ready to be transfigured! (Note: This image is not the one in the book) Mk 9:2c ... and he carries them up into a high mountain, each privately alone. |