Dr. Gary Burge connects the major events at the heart of Mark’s Gospel: Peter’s confession of Jesus’ identity at Caesarea Philippi, Jesus’ glorious transfiguration on a nearby mountain, and Jesus’ second major exorcism. Gary then links these to Jesus’ now-explicit prediction of His suffering and death. Here we find the secret of what Jesus means: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me (8:34).