Passage: Mark 8:27 - 9:1

• Jesus leads disciples from Bethsaida to Caesarea Philippi (3-day uphill journey)
• Key question posed: "Who do you say I am?"
• Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ
• Jesus predicts his suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection
• Peter rebukes Jesus; Jesus responds "Get behind me, Satan"
• Teaching on self-denial, taking up the cross, and following Jesus
• The Transfiguration on a high mountain (likely Mount Hermon)