While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
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In parallel with2 Peter 1:17
Peter records the same voice from the Majestic Glory that he heard on the holy mountain.
“For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”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.”
Fulfilled hereDeuteronomy 18:15
The command to listen to the beloved Son answers Moses' promise of a prophet like himself.
“Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from your midst, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.The Lord 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;”