Mark 9:7 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:7

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye 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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

HOMILY 80 (420)

It seems to me that this cloud is the grace of the Holy Spirit. Naturally, a tent gives shelter and overshadows those who are within; the cloud, therefore, serves the purpose of the tents. O Peter, you who want to set up three tents, have regard for the one tent of the Holy Spirit who shelters us equally.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them,.... Jesus, Moses, and Elias, and also the disciples; who, according to Luke, entered into it, and so were covered by it. And a voice came out the cloud, saying, this is my beloved Son, hear him.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

There came a (bright, luminous) cloud, overshadowing them - This seems to have been such a cloud of glory as accompanied Israel in the wilderness, which, as the Jewish writers observe, departed at the death of Moses. But it now appeared again, in honour of our Lord, as the great Prophet of the Church, who was prefigured by Moses.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The connection of this passage with the end of the last chapter ought never to be overlooked. Our Lord had been speaking of His own coming death and passion — of the necessity of self-denial, if men would be His disciples — of the need of losing our lives, if we would have them saved. But in the same breath he goes on to speak of His future kingdom and glory. He takes off the edge of His "hard sayings," by promising a sight of that glory to some of those who heard Him.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	there came	G1096 →
νεφέλη	nephelē	a cloud	G3507 →
ἐπισκιάζουσα	episkiazousa	overshadowing	G1982 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	them,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	there was	G1096 →
φωνὴ	phōnē	a voice	G5456 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
νεφέλης	nephelēs	cloud	G3507 →
οὗτός	houtos	This	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱός	huios	Son	G5207 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀγαπητός·	agapētos	beloved;	G27 →
ἀκούετε	akouete	do listen	G191 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	to Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 1:17
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.”
leads to
- 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!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 3:17
  And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- 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.”
- Luke 9:34–35
  While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
- Mark 1:11
  And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
Through
Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
leads to
- Luke 8:15
  But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- 2 Peter 1:12–13
  Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.