Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.”
Parallel translations
- WEB A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
- KJV And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
- BSB And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
- NKJV And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”
- NASB And then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”
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Quick answer
A voice from the cloud declares Jesus to be God's beloved Son and commands, "Listen to him." The Father confirms Jesus' identity and supreme authority.
Overview
God the Father directly affirms Jesus as His chosen Son, settling any question raised by Peter's words. The command to listen to Him echoes Moses' promise of a prophet like himself whom Israel must heed. Above Moses and Elijah, Jesus alone is the Son to whom every person must now listen.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
- Matt 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Deut 18:18–19I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
- Heb 3:15while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
- Heb 5:9Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
- Isa 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights — I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- John 3:35–36The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
- John 5:22–24For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- Isa 55:3–4Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Heb 12:25–26See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
- Heb 2:3how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
- 2 Pet 1:17–18For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
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