Mar 9:5-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 9:5-6: 9:5-6 The suggestion to build three shelters as memorials (see Lev 23:33-43 ; Num 29:12-34 ) places Moses, Elijah, and Jesus on the same footing. The suggestion ignores Peter’s own earlier confession (Mark 8:29 ) and the fact that only Jesus had been transfigured (9:2-3 ).

a9:5-6►

bLev 23:33-43►

cNum 29:12-34►

dMark 8:29►

e9:2-3►

f9:7►

gExod 40:34-35►

hMark 8:29►

i8:32►

‏ Mark 9:5-7

Summary for Mark 9:5-6: 9:5-6 ^a The suggestion to build three shelters as memorials (see Lev 23:33-43 ^b; Num 29:12-34 ^c) places Moses, Elijah, and Jesus on the same footing. The suggestion ignores Peter’s own earlier confession (Mark 8:29 ^d) and the fact that only Jesus had been transfigured (9:2-3 ^e).
9:7 ^f a cloud: Cp. Exod 40:34-35 ^g.

• The voice from the cloud issued a stern rebuke of Peter’s suggestion: This is my dearly loved Son—not an equal of Moses and Elijah. God’s voice also confirmed Peter’s earlier confession (Mark 8:29 ^h), and it indirectly rebuked Peter for rejecting Jesus’ prediction of his suffering (8:32 ⁱ) by telling him and the other disciples to listen to him.