Matthew 17:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. ”

Matthew 17:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A bright cloud overshadowed them - The word “overshadow” here means, rather, to “be diffused” or “spread” over them. It does not mean that it made a shade. A cloud was the symbol of the divine pr...
Matthew 17:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is (c) my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (c) The word "my" d...
Matthew 17:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Transfiguration, and the Coming of Elijah ( Mark 9:2-13 *, Luke 9:28-36 ). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7 . The fe...
Matthew 17:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spake . was speaking. a bright cloud. Was this the Shekhinah, the symbol of Jehovah's glory? out of. Greek. ek. This is My beloved Son. The Divine formula of consecration of Messiah a...
Matthew 17:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Their eyes were covered by a cloud, in order to inform them, that they were not yet prepared for beholding the brightness of the heavenly glory. Fo...
Matthew 17:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. A bright cloud overshado...
Matthew 17:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28-36 . The time of this sec...
Matthew 17:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Transfiguration 1-8. The Transfiguration ( Mark 9:2 ; Luke 9:28 ). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at...
Matthew 17:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A bright cloud overshadowed them — i.e. , our Lord, Moses, and Elias. To the disciples this would, we cannot doubt, recall the “cloudy pillar” which had descended on the first tabernacle ( Exodus...
Matthew 17:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13-28 ; Matthew 17:1-21 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Chr...
Matthew 17:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus Shows Divine Glory Matthew 17:1-8 Moses' face shone after having absorbed the divine glory, as some diamonds burn with sunlight after being carried into a dark room. Stephen's face s...
Matthew 17:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as spec...
Matthew 17:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." This is a most blesse...
Matthew 17:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

While he yet spake ,.... That is, while Peter was proposing the above to Christ, before an answer could be given by him, and which was unworthy of one, another scene of things presents, and a full a...
Matthew 17:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Ver. 5. While he yet...
Matthew 17:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them Such, probably, as took possession first of the tabernacle, and afterward of Solomon's temple, when those holy places were consecrated....
Matthew 17:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, a...
Matthew 17:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Transfiguration of Christ. 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a hi...
Matthew 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mark and Luke relate the same without any considerable variation, only Luke saith, they feared as they entered into the cloud. It seemeth that the cloud did encompass them, so as they seemed all as...
Matthew 17:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed (or ‘enveloped') them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear you him.”...
Matthew 17:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 17:1 . After six days .—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a da...
Matthew 17:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 17:1-2 . And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as th...
Matthew 17:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 17:2 . He was transfigured before them. Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confesse...
Matthew 17:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

And was transfigured before them. The mount of vision I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to u...
Matthew 17:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 17:1-40 The Transfiguration of Jesus . ( Mark 9:2-41 ; Luke 9:28-42 .) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who we...
Matthew 17:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The witness of the Father: While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye...
Matthew 17:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:10-12 ; 2 Peter 1:16 ; 2 Peter 1:17 ; Acts 1:9 ; Acts 3:22 ; Acts 3:23 ; Acts 7:37 ; Acts 9:3-6 ; Colossians 1:13 ; Deuteronomy 18:15 ; Deuteronomy 18:19 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; D...
Matthew 17:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hear ye him — As superior even to Moses and the prophets. See Deuteronomy 18:17 .

Matthew 17:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 17:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 17:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 17:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 17:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 17:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 17:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 17:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 17:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 17:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 17:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes