Bible Study - Jesus's Transfiguration (Mark 9: 2-29)

 

Jewish background:

Elijah represented all the prophets in the Old Testament. Moses represented God’s Law given to the people. Together, they represented God’s Word, presence and deliverance.

At the very end of the Old Testament, God asked His people to remember Moses and prophesized the coming of Elijah (Malachi 4) as a sign of the coming of the Messiah. The Jewish people have been waiting for this for 400+ years.

 

Questions:

1. Verses 2-8. What is the significance of the appearance of Moses and Elijah, and the voice out of the cloud? What does it tell us about Jesus?

 

2. Verses 5-13. Peter was trying to capture Elijah, Moses and the transformed Jesus but couldn’t do it. What does God want Peter to focus on instead?

   Hint: God commands the disciples to listen to Jesus (verse 7): What had Jesus said previously that the disciples didn’t listen? See 8:31-32.

 

3. Verses 14-29. Why was Jesus so disappointed?

 

4. Verses 17-18, 22, 24. How has the father’s prayers to Jesus changed over time? What does this teach us about prayer?

 

5. What is God trying to teach you through this passage today?