The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
The people [`the multitude' ochlos (G3793 )] therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake [`hath spoken' lelaleeken (G2980 )] to him - some hearing only a sound; others an articulate, but to them unintelligible, voice. Our Lord now tells them for whom that voice from heaven had come, and then interprets, in a strain even more exalted than before, that "glorification of His name" which the voice announced was yet to take place.