Mark 9:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγένετο νεφέλη ἐπισκιάζουσα αὐτοῖς: καὶ ἦλθεν φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης, λέγουσα, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός: αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε.

Transliteration

And egeneto nephelē episkiazousa them: and ēlthen phōnē from the nephelēs, legousa, This estin the Huios of me the agapētos: him akouete.

Grammar Details

• *egeneto*: aorist middle, 3rd singular - became/came to be
• *nephelē*: nominative singular - cloud
• *episkiazousa*: present active participle, nominative singular feminine - overshadowing/covering
• *ēlthen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - came
• *phōnē*: nominative singular - voice/sound
• *nephelēs*: genitive singular - of the cloud
• *legousa*: present active participle, nominative singular feminine - saying
• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *Huios*: nominative singular - Son
• *agapētos*: nominative singular - beloved
• *akouete*: present active imperative, 2nd plural - hear/listen to

Word Meanings

• *egeneto*: became/happened/came to be
• *nephelē*: cloud
• *episkiazousa*: overshadowing/covering/casting shadow upon
• *phōnē*: voice/sound
• *legousa*: saying/speaking/telling
• *Huios*: Son
• *agapētos*: beloved/dearly loved
• *akouete*: hear/listen to/obey

Referenced Verses

• Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:
• Mark 1:11 : 11 And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
• Luke 9:34-36 : 34 And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him. 36 And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of the things which they had seen.
• John 1:34 : 34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
• John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
• John 3:16-18 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• John 5:18 : 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
• John 5:22-25 : 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
• John 5:37 : 37 And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
• John 6:69 : 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.
• John 9:35 : 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
• John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
• John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
• Acts 1:9 : 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. To him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you. 23 And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
• Acts 8:36 : 36 And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
• Rom 1:4 : 4 who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,
• Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them] .
• Heb 12:25-26 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven: 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• Matt 17:5-7 : 5 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 ye him. 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 7 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
• Matt 26:63-64 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
• Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• Matt 27:54 : 54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• Exod 23:21-22 : 21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
• Exod 24:16 : 16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
• Exod 40:34 : 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
• Deut 18:15-19 : 15 Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
• 1 Kgs 8:10-12 : 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. 12 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
• Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.