Matthew 17:5

A bright cloud overshadows them, and the Father's voice declares Jesus his beloved Son and commands, 'Listen to him.' It matters because God himself confirms Jesus' supreme identity and authority.

Cross-references · 36

• Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
• Matt 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
• Deut 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
• Mark 9:7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
• Heb 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• 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.
• Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
• Luke 9:34–35While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
• Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
• Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
• Deut 18:19And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
• Heb 1:1–2On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
• 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 12:28–30Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
• 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.’
• John 5:37And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
• Deut 4:11–12You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
• 2 Pet 1:16–17For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
• John 3:16For 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 40:34–35Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Isa 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
• John 5:20–23The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
• Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• John 15:9–10As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
• Exod 19:19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
• 1 Kgs 8:10–12And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
• Deut 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
• Col 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
• Ps 18:10–11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
• Acts 9:3–6As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
• Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
• 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?
• Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
• Ps 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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