009:007 Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice
issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved:
listen to Him."
009:008 Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see
any one, but themselves and Jesus.
009:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly
forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after
the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
009:010 So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently
asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.
009:011 They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah
must first come?"
009:012 "Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything;
but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He
will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?
009:013 Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have
also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures
say about him."
009:014 As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd
surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.
009:015 Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished
and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.
009:016 "What is the subject you are discussing?" He asked them.
009:017 "Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son.
He has a dumb spirit in him;
009:018 and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground,
and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is
pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they
had not the power."
009:019 "O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must