Discovery BoxMark 9:2 
Context9:2 Six days later 1 Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them, 2
Mark 14:53
Context14:53 Then 3 they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law 4 came together.
Mark 15:16
Context15:16 So 5 the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) 6 and called together the whole cohort. 7
1 tn Grk “And after six days.”
2 sn In 1st century Judaism and in the NT, there was the belief that the righteous get new, glorified bodies in order to enter heaven (1 Cor 15:42-49; 2 Cor 5:1-10). This transformation means the righteous will share the glory of God. One recalls the way Moses shared the Lord’s glory after his visit to the mountain in Exod 34. So the disciples saw Jesus transfigured, and they were getting a sneak preview of the great glory that Jesus would have (only his glory is more inherent to him as one who shares in the rule of the kingdom).
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
4 tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
5 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the soldiers’ action is in response to Pilate’s condemnation of the prisoner in v. 15.
6 tn Grk “(that is, the praetorium).”
sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.
7 sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.
