John 12:29
And the multitude standing by, heard it; and they said: There was thunder. But others said: An angel spoke with him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
30Jesus answered, and said to them: This voice was not for my sake, but for yours.
Cross References
Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor a spirit: but the Pharisees confess all these.
Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were thunders, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake.
Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of great thunder; and the sound which I heard, was like that of harpers striking on their harps.
Matthew Henry on John 12:28-37
The Divine Attestation to Christ; Christ's Discourse with the People. 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.… Read the whole commentary →