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Matthew 17:5 KJV
Matthew · chapter 17 · verse 5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.Matthew 17:5 · King James Version
Matthew 17:5 in context
3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4Then 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.
5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
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Key words (Strong's)
- overshadowedepiskiazōto throw a shadow upon, to envelop in a shadow, to overshadowG1982 →
- belovedagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
- pleasedeudokeōit seems good to one, is one's good pleasure, think it good, choose, determine, decide…G2106 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- brightphōteinoslight, composed of light, of a bright character, full of light, well litG5460 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
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We have here the story of Christ's transfiguration; he had said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13