2 PETER 1:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased' — Peter quotes the transfiguration theophany, where the Father's voice confirms the Son's identity. The Father's approval (eudokeō) validates the messianic claim and the path to glory through suffering. The voice from the Majestic Glory connects divine pleasure with filial obedience.
Church Fathers on 2 Peter 1:17
And so while He was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear Him. The Father was indeed present in the Son, and in the Lord's brightness, which He had tempered to the disciples' sight, the Father's Essence was not separated from the Only-begotten: but, in order to emphasize the two-fold personality, as the effulgence of the Son's body displayed the Son to their…
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