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Mark 9:5

Mark 9:5 is verse 5 of Mark chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Or three tabernacles

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King James Version

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

World English Bible

Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Mark 9:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

4 And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

5 Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

6 For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.

7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 33:17

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Exodus 33:18

Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

Exodus 33:19

“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Exodus 33:20

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

Exodus 33:21

The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 33:22

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Exodus 33:23

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Psalms 62:2

He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

Psalms 62:3

How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

Psalms 84:10

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

John 14:8

Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

John 14:9

Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 14:21

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

John 14:22

Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Philippians 1:23

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Revelation 22:3

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.

Revelation 22:4

They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

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