Matthew 17:5
And as he was yet 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.
Cross References
Exodus 40:34If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.
Deuteronomy 18:19And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.
Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said :
Psalms 81:7He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
Isaiah 42:21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
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 →