The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2—8) and the scene at the Empty Tomb (16:1—8) are two fear-filled moments that stand in stark contrast to each other in the context of Mark's Gospel. One is typically characterised by the overflowing hope and brilliance of God's radiant glory; the other crushes expectations with a stark and scandalous absence. Despite these differences, the distance between these scenes is bridged by a primal fear that marks them as encounters with something wondrous and at the same time terrifying: a dread-filled mystery before which one can but tremble. Words fail, faces blanch and limbs quake before the mysterium tremendum.