Epiphany Season · Year B
Transfiguration Sunday
Sunday before Ash Wednesday · February 3, 2027
Overview & Insights
“This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” (Mark 9:7)
This event is intimately connected with what has preceded. Most of the Jewish people have only rumors, no realization of the identity of Jesus (8:28), while the disciples slowly begin to glimpse the reality, confessing Jesus as Messiah (8:29–30). Yet when Jesus clarifies that his messianic office involves him as the Suffering Servant, they vociferously object (8:31–33), leading Jesus to clarify the true meaning of discipleship as suffering and sacrifice (8:34–38). Now God reveals the final stage of this key christological section: Jesus is actually the glorious Lord, the final Moses in whom God’s Shekinah (the presence of God “dwelling” [Heb. shakan] among his people; see comments on 9:7 below) glory is revealed. Structure The story is framed by the ascent and descent of the mountain (vv. 2, 9) and by Jesus’s discussion with Moses and Elijah (v. 4) and then the voice of God (v. 7).
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Mark 9:2-9 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary on how Mark's mountaintop scene reveals Jesus as God's beloved Son and steadies the disciples for the road to the cross.
Mark 9:2-9 Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed reading wrestling with the preacher's temptation to over-explain the Transfiguration.
Transfiguration Sunday SALT Project
Frames the Transfiguration as the mother of all epiphany stories atop Mount Hermon just before the descent into Lent.
Mark 9:2-9 Enduring Word · David Guzik
An accessible verse-by-verse commentary, widely used across evangelical churches.
The Mystical Transfiguration of Christ Word on Fire · Bishop Barron
Bishop Barron reads Mark's mountaintop scene as the clearest New Testament evocation of mystical experience.
The Transfiguration of the Lord, Cycle B Loyola Press · Sunday Connection
A Catholic walk through Mark 9:2-9 with background, reflection questions, and prayer.
Mission into the Disarray of the World Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church
An Episcopal sermon treating the Transfiguration as a sending into a broken world.
Background & Word Study
What is being 'transfigured' in Mark 9? Psephizo · Ian Paul
Digs into what the Greek metemorphothe means and how Mark stages the cloud, the glory, and the command to listen.
Overview: Mark BibleProject
An animated overview mapping how the Transfiguration sits at the hinge between Galilee and the road to Jerusalem.
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What is revealed at the Transfiguration?
On the mountain Jesus is transfigured in dazzling glory with Moses and Elijah, and the Father's voice names him the beloved Son, sealing the season of Epiphany.
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