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Quotes & Notes on:     Luke 9:35   John Wesley,  Notes On the New Testament (1755): No comment on this verse. Reginald Fuller's Preaching the Lectionary (1984):  To be posted.   William Baird, Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:  They are afraid of losing their master and in danger of failing to listen to the Chosen one of God.  This event, which reflects the postresurrection faith, is presented as happening in those days;  ie in the history of Jesus the glory of the risen Christ is revealed.   J. McNicol, The New Bible Commentary, 1954:  To be posted.   I.H. Marshall, The New Bible Commentary, 1970:  To be posted.   David Guzik, Study Guide for Luke To be posted.   Chuck Smith, Study Guide for Luke: To be posted.   Catechism of the Catholic Church: Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by. 34 But only on the mountain of the Transfiguration will Moses and Elijah behold the unveiled face of him whom they sought; "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God [shines] in the face of Christ," crucified and risen. 35  ¶2583   Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai, 43 at the tent of meeting, 44 and during the wandering in the desert, 45 and with Solomon at the dedication of the Temple. 46 In the Holy Spirit, Christ fulfills these figures. The Spirit comes upon the Virgin Mary and "overshadows" her, so that she might conceive and give birth to Jesus. 47 On the mountain of Transfiguration, the Spirit in the "cloud came and overshadowed" Jesus, Moses and Elijah, Peter, James and John, and "a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!'" 48 Finally, the cloud took Jesus out of the sight of the disciples on the day of his ascension and will reveal him as Son of man in glory on the day of his final coming. 49   ¶695 Christ's whole earthly life - his words and deeds, his silences and sufferings, indeed his manner of being and speaking - is Revelation of the Father. Jesus can say: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father", and the Father can say: "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" 177 Because our Lord became man in order to do his Father's will, even the least characteristics of his mysteries manifest "God's love. . . among us". 178  ¶516 From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things. . . and be killed, and on the third day be raised." 290 Peter scorns this prediction, nor do the others understand it any better than he. 291 In this context the mysterious episode of Jesus' Transfiguration takes place on a high mountain, 292 before three witnesses chosen by himself: Peter, James and John. Jesus' face and clothes become dazzling with light, and Moses and Elijah appear, speaking "of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem". 293 A cloud covers him and a voice from heaven says: "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" 294  ¶554   J. Norval Geldenhuys, Bible Expositor, 1960: To be posted.   Abingdon Bible Commentary (1929): Instead of "This is my beloved Son; hear him" (Mark & Matthew), Luke has "This is my Son my chosen."    D.D. Whedon, Commentary on Luke, 1866: No comment on this verse.   Joseph Parker, People's Bible, 1901: To be posted.   The Fourfold Gospel: No comment on this verse. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: * This. Lu 3:22; Mt 3:17; Joh 3:16,35,36; 2Pe 1:17,18 * hear. De 18:18,19; Isa 55:3,4; Joh 5:22-24; Ac 3:22,23; Heb 2:3; 3:7,8,15 Heb 5:9; 12:25,26   Robertson's Word Pictures: If ekeinous be accepted here instead of autous, the three disciples would be outside of the cloud. Out of the cloud (ek tês nephelês). This voice was the voice of the Father like that at the baptism of Jesus (Lu 3:22; Mr 1:11; Mt 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 (Ho huios mou, ho eklelegmenos). So the best documents (Aleph B L Syriac Sinaitic). The others make it "My Beloved" as in Mr 9:7; Mt 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.   William Burkitt's Notes: No comment on this verse.   Family Bible Notes: No comment on this verse.   1599 Geneva Bible Notes: No comment on this verse.   People's New Testament Commentary: No comment on this verse.   Albert Barnes' Commentary:  No comment on this verse.   Jamieson-Faussett Brown:  my beloved Son ... hear him--reverentially, implicitly, alone.   Spurgeon Devotional Commentary: No comment on this verse.   Adam Clarke's Commentary:  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.   Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: No comment on this verse.

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My God and I we walk the fields together 
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