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Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
Mark 9:7 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
  • KJV And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  • NKJV And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”
  • NASB Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: “This is My beloved Son; listen to Him!”
  • NLT Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him.”

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Quick answer

A cloud overshadows them and the Father's voice declares, 'This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.' God himself confirms Jesus' identity and authority.

Overview

The cloud signifies God's presence, as at Sinai and the tabernacle, and the voice echoes Jesus' baptism while adding the command to 'listen to him.' This divine endorsement settles Peter's confusion: Jesus is supreme over Moses and Elijah and is to be heeded above all. The Father vindicates the suffering path Jesus foretold, calling the disciples to trust and obey his Son.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 37

  • 2 Pet 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
  • Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
  • Luke 9:34–36While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
  • Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
  • Heb 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  • Exod 23:21–22Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
  • Matt 17:5–7While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  • John 5:22–25Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
  • 1 Jn 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  • John 1:34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
  • Ps 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
  • Deut 18:15–19The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  • Rev 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
  • John 6:69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
  • Heb 12:25–26See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  • 1 Kgs 8:10–12And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
  • Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
  • Acts 3:22–23For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  • John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
  • John 3:16–18For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  • Exod 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  • 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  • Matt 26:63–64But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
  • John 5:37And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
  • Matt 27:54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
  • John 5:18Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  • Dan 7:13In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
  • 1 Jn 4:9–10This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
  • John 9:35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
  • Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  • Rom 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
  • Exod 24:16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
  • John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
  • Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 9:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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