6. The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.
7. Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”
8. And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.
9. As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
10. Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?”
11. Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready.
12. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.”