Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 9:35
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
35. a voice out of the cloud ] 2Pe 1:17-18. As in two other instances in our Lord’s ministry, Luk 3:22; Joh 12:28. The other Synoptists add that at this Voice they fell prostrate, and, on Jesus touching them, suddenly raised their eyes and looked all around them, to find no one there but Jesus.
my beloved Son ] Rather, my chosen Son ( eklelegmenos, , B, L). Cf. Isa 13:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 35. This is my beloved Son] Instead of , the beloved one, some MSS. and versions have , the chosen one: and the AEthiopic translator, as in several other cases, to be sure of the true reading, retains both.
In whom I am well pleased, or have delighted-is added by some very ancient MSS. Perhaps this addition is taken from Mt 17:5.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
35. my beloved Son . . . hearhimreverentially, implicitly, alone.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And there came, a voice out of the cloud,….
[See comments on Mt 17:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
If be accepted here instead of , the three disciples would be outside of the cloud.
Out of the cloud ( ). This voice was the voice of the Father like that at the baptism of Jesus (Luke 3:22; Mark 1:11; Matt 3:17) and like that near the end (Joh 12:28-30) when the people thought it was a clap of thunder or an angel.
My son, my chosen (H , ). So the best documents (Aleph B L Syriac Sinaitic). The others make it “My Beloved” as in Mark 9:7; Matt 17:5. These disciples are commanded to hear Jesus, God’s Son, even when he predicts his death, a pointed rebuke to Simon Peter as to all.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying,” (kai phone egeneto ek tes nepheles legousa) “And a voice came out of the cloud saying,” affirming, asserting, from the cloud of shekinah glory that brought Moses and Elias down to the transfiguration of Jesus and took them back to glory, Mat 17:5.
2) “This is my beloved Son” (houtos estin ho huios mou ho ekleklegmenos) “This one is (exists as) my chosen heir-Son,” referred to also as beloved Son, Mat 17:5; Who was and is to be heard and who shall come again in clouds of glory, Rev 1:7.
3) “Hear him.” (autou akouete) “You all hear him,” give heed to or obey Him, not Moses, or the prophets, Luk 16:16; Mat 17:5; 1Pe 1:21; Joh 5:36-37; Joh 12:27-30. The disciples doubtless desired to hear what Moses and Elijah said, but did not.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(35) This is my beloved Son.The better MSS. give chosen. (Comp. the use of a like word in 1Pe. 2:4; 1Pe. 2:6.) Assuming this to have been the original reading, the beloved of the received text must have originated in the wish to produce a verbal as well as a substantial agreement with the other Gospels.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my chosen, hear you him.”’
And from the cloud came a voice, declaring that Jesus was His Son and His chosen One, His Son (Psa 2:7; Joh 1:14; Joh 1:18) and His Anointed Servant (Isa 42:1). Note how God takes the attention off Moses and Elijah and concentrates it on Jesus. They are not to regard the others as of primary importance but to concentrate on Him as the One to Whom Moses and Elijah had borne witness, the One Who had brought ultimate truth. He was essentially the One to Whom they had to listen, for He had come from His Father’s presence as a Light into the world (Joh 8:12). He is a greater than Moses and the Law. He is greater than Moses or Elijah as representative of all the prophets. He is God’s final Word. In the words ‘listen to Him’ there is a reflection of Deu 18:15. He is God’s final Voice.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Luk 9:35 . , the reading of [93] [94] [95] , is to be preferred, because , T. R., is conformed to that in the parallels; here only in N. T.
[93] Codex Sinaiticus (sc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.
[94] Codex Vaticanus (sc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.
[95] Codex Regius–eighth century, represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with and B.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
out of. Greek. ek. App-104. Not the same word as in Luk 9:5
hear = hear ye.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
This: Luk 3:22, Mat 3:17, Joh 3:16, Joh 3:35, Joh 3:36, 2Pe 1:17, 2Pe 1:18
hear: Deu 18:18, Deu 18:19, Isa 55:3, Isa 55:4, Joh 5:22-24, Act 3:22, Act 3:23, Heb 2:3, Heb 3:7, Heb 3:8, Heb 3:15, Heb 5:9, Heb 12:25, Heb 12:26
Reciprocal: Exo 19:9 – Lo Exo 34:5 – descended Num 11:25 – came down Deu 18:15 – unto him 1Ch 17:13 – my son Mat 5:32 – I say Mat 12:18 – my beloved Mat 17:5 – This Mar 1:11 – Thou Mar 12:6 – his Luk 11:31 – a greater Luk 20:13 – I will Joh 6:27 – for him Act 7:37 – him
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The words hear him are in addition to what was said at the time of his baptism (Mat 3:17; Mar 1:11). They were said because the life’s work of Jesus was nearing completion and he had proved his worthiness of the distinction.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 9:35. My Son, my chosen one. The words were not spoken in Greek, and the actual word used might be translated into Greek by either of the terms, beloved or chosen.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
For a second time God spoke from heaven identifying Jesus as His Son (cf. Luk 3:22). God’s words here also show that Jesus was God’s obedient Son and that He possessed divine authority. The words recall Psa 2:7, Isa 42:1, and Deu 18:15. Thus this divine vindication identified Jesus as the Son of God, God’s chosen Servant, and the eschatological Prophet.
"Our culture desires to assemble a religious hall of honor from as many religious traditions as possible, all in honor of our commitment to religious toleration. But Jesus does not ask for a booth alongside the others." [Note: Bock, Luke, p. 273.]
Many students of this verse have seen in it a divine warning against giving human wisdom precedence over divine revelation.
"The heavenly voice which declares that Jesus is God’s Son recalls the scene of Jesus praying after his baptism in Luk 3:22. In that scene Jesus was preparing for his ministry. In the transfiguration scene he is preparing for the crisis in Jerusalem. To prepare him, Jesus is given an anticipatory experience of the goal of his life and death, the heavenly glory which he will enter when exalted to the right hand of God (see Luk 24:26; Act 7:55-56)." [Note: Tannehill, 1:225.]