Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid.
Cross References
Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of LORD filled the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tablets of stone, and gave them to
Deuteronomy 18:19And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not hearken to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Job 38:1Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Psalms 81:7Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Isaiah 42:21It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:2-14
The Transfiguration of Christ. 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5… Read the whole commentary →