2 PETER 1:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.”
We ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain — the threefold affirmation (we heard, we ourselves, we were with him) employs intensive repetition for credibility against skeptics. The holy mountain (hieron oros) sanctifies the location as the meeting place of heaven and earth. Peter's eyewitness testimony to the transfiguration provides the ultimate validation of Christ's power and coming glory.
Church Fathers on 2 Peter 1:18
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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