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Mark
	English: Douay-Rheims	Latin: Vulgata Clementina	Greek NT: Byzantine/Majority Text (2000)
2.	9:1 AND after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves, and was transfigured before them.	9:1 Et post dies sex assumit Jesus Petrum, et Jacobum, et Joannem, et ducit illos in montem excelsum seorsum solos, et transfiguratus est coram ipsis.	και μεθ ημερας εξ παραλαμβανει ο ιησους τον πετρον και τον ιακωβον και [τον] ιωαννην και αναφερει αυτους εις ορος υψηλον κατ ιδιαν μονους και μετεμορφωθη εμπροσθεν αυτων
3.	9:2 And his garments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller upon earth can make white.	9:2 Et vestimenta ejus facta sunt splendentia, et candida nimis velut nix, qualia fullo non potest super terram candida facere.	και τα ιματια αυτου εγενοντο στιλβοντα λευκα λιαν ως χιων οια γναφευς επι της γης ου δυναται λευκαναι
4.	9:3 And there appeared to them Elias with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.	9:3 Et apparuit illis Elias cum Moyse : et erant loquentes cum Jesu.	και ωφθη αυτοις ηλιας συν μωσει και ησαν συλλαλουντες τω ιησου
5.	9:4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, 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.	9:4 Et respondens Petrus, ait Jesu : Rabbi, bonum est nos hic esse : et faciamus tria tabernacula, tibi unum, et Moysi unum, et Eliæ unum.	και αποκριθεις ο πετρος λεγει τω ιησου ραββι καλον εστιν ημας ωδε ειναι και ποιησωμεν σκηνας τρεις σοι μιαν και μωσει μιαν και ηλια μιαν
6.	9:5 For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.	9:5 Non enim sciebat quid diceret : erant enim timore exterriti.	ου γαρ ηδει τι λαλησει ησαν γαρ εκφοβοι
7.	9:6 And there was a cloud overshadowing them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved son; hear ye him.	9:6 Et facta est nubes obumbrans eos : et venit vox de nube, dicens : Hic est Filius meus carissimus : audite illum.	και εγενετο νεφελη επισκιαζουσα αυτοις και ηλθεν φωνη εκ της νεφελης ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος αυτου ακουετε
8.	9:7 And immediately looking about, they saw no man any more, but Jesus only with them.	9:7 Et statim circumspicientes, neminem amplius viderunt, nisi Jesum tantum secum.	και εξαπινα περιβλεψαμενοι ουκετι ουδενα ειδον αλλα τον ιησουν μονον μεθ εαυτων
9.	9:8 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to tell any man what things they had seen, till the Son of man shall be risen again from the dead.	9:8 Et descendentibus illis de monte, præcepit illis ne cuiquam quæ vidissent, narrarent : nisi cum Filius hominis a mortuis resurrexerit.	καταβαινοντων δε αυτων απο του ορους διεστειλατο αυτοις ινα μηδενι διηγησωνται α ειδον ει μη οταν ο υιος του ανθρωπου εκ νεκρων αναστη
10.	9:9 And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead.	9:9 Et verbum continuerunt apud se : conquirentes quid esset, cum a mortuis resurrexerit.	και τον λογον εκρατησαν προς εαυτους συζητουντες τι εστιν το εκ νεκρων αναστηναι

I don't understand why they (preachers/homilists) don't understand the relationship between Moses, Elijah, Jesus, and Peter's request to build three σκηνάς (tabernacles/tents/booths for the Biblical Holyday of Sukkot). It is simple and scriptural.

Let us assume this ascent up the mountain was just after Yom Kippur and just before Sukkot. Of course it was natural to build tabernacles at Sukkot, to keep the holyday, with these holy ones (Moses, Elijah, and Jesus).

The Father spoke from the cloud, just as the following scriptures show, to confirm these prophecies listed refer to Jesus; that the "hear ye him" from Deuteronomy is being repeated for emphasis and fulfillment.

Next we find Jesus in the confines of Caesarea Philippi, where Peter professes his faith in Christ, the Son of the living God, and in his turn receives from Jesus the promise of the power of the keys. Jesus here predicts His passion, and about a week later is transfigured before Peter, James, and John, probably on the top of Mt. Thabor. On descending from the mountain, Jesus exorcizes the mute devil whom His disciples had not been able to expel. Bending his way towards Capharnaum, Jesus predicts His Passion for the second time, and in the city pays the tribute-money for Himself and Peter. This occasions the discussion as to the greater in the kingdom of heaven, and the allied discourses. Finally, Jesus refuses His brethren's invitation to go publicly to the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem.

Let us also note the appearance of Moses and Elijah, not dropping into generalizations that they were there to represent "the law and the prophets," but rather because both of them were fundamentally linked to the revelation of the Messiah through these prophecies:

Moses in Deutoronomy:

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Deuteronomy, Catholic chapter eighteen, Protestant verses fifteen to nineteen,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

Elijah in Malachi:

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Malachi, Catholic chapter three, Protestant verses one to three,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

Moses and Elijah in Malachi: Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi, Catholic chapter four, Protestant verses four to six,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James