Jesus was found alone - Moses and Elias are gone. Their work is done, and they have disappeared from the scene, feeling no doubt with their fellow servant the Baptist, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” The cloud too is gone, and the naked majestic Christ, braced in spirit, and enshrined in the reverent affection of His disciples, is left - to suffer!
kept it close - feeling, for once at least, that such things were unmeet as yet for the general gaze.