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2 Peter 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


2 Peter 1:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Peter 1:1728 words
GreekMeaning
λαβὼνlabōn
Having receivedverbG2983
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
παρὰpara
fromprepositionG3844
θεοῦtheou
GodnounG2316
πατρὸςpatros
the FathernounG3962
τιμὴνtimēn
honornounG5092
καὶkai
andwordG2532
δόξανdoxan
glorynounG1391
φωνῆςphōnēs
a voicenounG5456
ἐνεχθείσηςenechtheisēs
was broughtverbG5342
αὐτῷautō
to HimpronounG846
τοιᾶσδεtoiasde
such as followsdemonstrativeG5107
ὑπὸhypo
byprepositionG5259
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
μεγαλοπρεποῦςmegaloprepous
MajesticadjectiveG3169
δόξηςdoxēs
GlorynounG1391
Ho
ThearticleG3588
υἱόςhyios
SonnounG5207
μουmou
of MinepronounG1473
ho
thearticleG3588
ἀγαπητόςagapētos
belovedadjectiveG27
μουmou
of MinepronounG1473
οὗτόςhoutos
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
εἰςeis
inprepositionG1519
ὃνhon
whomrelative pronounG3739
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
εὐδόκησαeudokēsa
found delightverbG2106
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Leo the Great · 5th century · Sermon 51, On the Transfiguration
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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