Then Jesus went up to a high plateau [Note: This place, northeast of Lake Galilee, is called “The Golan Heights,” today] and sat down there with His disciples.
So, [when] Jesus knew that the people were about to come and forcibly take Him and make Him [their] king, He left there again and went to the high plateau [to be] alone [i.e., to pray. See Mark 6:46].
And it happened about eight days after Jesus said these things that He took Peter, John and James with Him and went up in the mountain to pray. [Note: This was probably Mt. Tabor, which was nearby].