And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Parallel translations
- WEB We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
- BSB And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
- NKJV And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
- NASB and we ourselves heard this declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
- NLT We ourselves heard that voice from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
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Peter affirms that he himself heard this heavenly voice while on the holy mountain with Jesus. It matters because the apostolic witness is firsthand and reliable.
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Peter underscores the personal, eyewitness nature of his testimony to the Transfiguration. Calling the mountain 'holy' marks it as a place where God revealed his glory. This direct experience answers any charge that the apostles were merely passing on invented tales.
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- Matt 17:6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
- Josh 5:15And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
- Exod 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Isa 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Gen 28:16–17And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
- Zech 8:3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
- Exod 3:1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Isa 56:7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
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