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2 Peter 1:17

in 2 Peter 1

For 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.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:

KJV

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

This verse in 2 Peter 1

Commentary

11 notes on this verse
And there were certain ones who said that the second Epistle of Peter, in which the Epistles of Paul are praised, was not his. But if they had been willing to weigh the words of that Epistle, they could have thought far otherwise. For in it is written: "A voice came down to him of this kind from the magnificent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And it is added: "And we heard this voice when we were with him on the holy mountain."

This site's exposition

we did not follow cleverly devised fables

on 2 Peter 1:16-18

The gospel rests on testimony: we did not follow cleverly devised fables, sesophismenois muthois, and were eyewitnesses, epoptai, of His majesty. The scene is the transfiguration on the holy mountain. Matthew 16:28 promised that sight as a preview of the power and coming of our Lord.

This site's exposition

Majestic Glory

The Father's voice gave honor and glory to the Son. Albert Barnes reads the Majestic Glory as the bright cloud that overshadowed the disciples at Matthew 17:5. Gregory the Dialogist cites this verse against those who denied that Peter wrote the letter.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Hilary of Arles

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER · Written before 449.

proposed

The one who received glory and honor was not inferior to the one who bestowed these things, because it was in his human flesh that the Son received them, not in his eternal divinity.

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on 2 Peter · Written before 550.

proposed

Furthermore, here through the things that are now proposed. "For he received from God the Father." This participle λαδὼν is either placed in the position of the indicative verb ἔλαδεν, that is, he received: since according to the consequence of the participle, the discourse does …

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Peter · Written before 1107.

proposed

Not because there is any prophecy about a voice of the Father that came down from heaven, but because from this voice of the Father from heaven, which testified to the sonship of Jesus Christ, we became convinced that everything revealed through the prophets indisputably …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

For he received divine honour and inexpressible glory - Shining from heaven above the brightness of the sun. When there came such a voice from the excellent glory - That is, from God the Father.

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3 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

For he received from God the Father honour and glory - He was honored by God in being thus addressed. When there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory - The magnificent splendor; the bright cloud which overshadowed them, Mat 17:5. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased - See the notes at Mat 17:5; Mat 3:17. This demonstrated that he was the Messiah. Those who heard that voice could not doubt this; they never did afterwards doubt.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Ps 21:5)." in whom--Greek, "in regard to whom" (accusative case); but Mt 17:5, "in whom" (dative case) centers and rests My good pleasure. Peter also omits, as not required by his purpose, "hear Him," showing his independence in his inspired testimony. I am--Greek aorist, past time, "My good pleasure rested from eternity."

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

For he received honor and glory - In his transfiguration our Lord received from the Father honor in the voice or declaration which said, This is my Son, the beloved One, in whom I have delighted. And he received glory, when, penetrated with, and involved in, that excellent glory, the fashion of his countenance was altered, for his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white and glistening, exceeding white like snow; which most glorious and preternatural appearance was a confirmation of the supernatural voice, as the voice was of this preternatural appearance: and thus his Messiahship was attested in the most complete and convincing manner.

The words behind it

28 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 3:17

    And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 17:5

      While 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!”

  • Through

    Luke 3:22

    and 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.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 2:7

      I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Peter 1:17–18

      For 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.”

    • John 1:32

      Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

    • Luke 9:34–35

      While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

  • Through

    Matthew 17:5

    While 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!”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 3:17

      And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Peter

The Transfiguration, Giovanni Bellini, about 1478 to 1479, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Public domain.
The Transfiguration, Giovanni Bellini, about 1478 to 1479, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Public domain.
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 6; Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Oecumenius, Commentary on 2 Peter and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Peter.