Mark 9:2

²Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.b

Mark 9 is a hinge chapter in the Gospel, moving from the dazzling revelation of Jesus’ divine glory on the mountain of transfiguration to the gritty reality of human brokenness at its base. The chapter confronts the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon, Jesus’ second prediction of