We talked about the things that happened there. According to Elder Bruce R. McConkie, there were ten main events:
“(1) Jesus singled out Peter, James, and John from the rest of the Twelve; took them upon an unnamed mountain; there he was transfigured before them, and they beheld his glory. . . .
“(2) Peter, James, and John, were themselves ‘transfigured before him’ (Teachings [of the Prophet Joseph Smith], p. 158). . . .
“(3) Moses and Elijah . . . appeared on the mountain; and they and Jesus gave the keys of the kingdom to Peter, James, and John. (Teachings, p. 158.)
“(4) John the Baptist, previously beheaded by Herod, apparently was also present. . . .
“(5) Peter, James, and John saw in vision the transfiguration of the earth . . . that is to take place at the Second Coming when the millennial era is ushered in. [D&C 63:20–21.] . . .
“(6) It appears that Peter, James, and John received their own endowments while on the mountain. ([Joseph Fielding Smith,] Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p. 165.) . . .
“(7) Apparently Jesus himself was strengthened and encouraged by Moses and Elijah so as to be prepared for the infinite sufferings and agony [of the] atonement. ([James E. Talmage,] Jesus the Christ, p. 373.) . . .
“(8) Certainly the three chosen apostles were taught in plainness ‘of his death and also his resurrection’ [JST, Luke 9:31]. . . .
“(9) It should also have been apparent to them that the old dispensations of the past [symbolized by Moses and Elijah] had faded away. . . .
“(10) Apparently God the Father, overshadowed and hidden by a cloud, was present on the mountain, although [Peter, James, and John apparently] heard only his voice and did not see his form” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 1:399–401)."
We know that Moses and Elijah were there, both as translated beings. We read verses in 3 Nephi 28:7-40 about what translated beings are like. Fascinating stuff!
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