Luke 9:34

34 And [while] he was saying these [things], a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

Luke 9:34 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:34

While he thus spake there came a cloud
While Peter was making the above request, before an answer was returned, a cloud appeared, a very uncommon one, as a symbol of the divine presence: "and overshadowed them"; Jesus, Moses, Elias, and the disciples:

and they feared as they entered into the cloud;
either as they themselves entered into it, that coming gradually over them, because of the glory of it, and the solemnity that attended it; or as Moses and Elias entered into it; and so the Syriac and Persic versions read, "they feared when they saw Moses and Elias enter into the cloud"; which took them out of their sight: just as the cloud received Jesus out of the sight of his disciples, when he ascended to heaven, ( Acts 1:9 ) .

Luke 9:34 In-Context

32 Now Peter and those with him were {very sleepy}, but [when they] became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.

33 And it happened that as they were going away from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good [for] us to be here. And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah," not knowing what he was saying.

34 And [while] he was saying these [things], a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

35 And a voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, [my] Chosen One. Listen to him!"

36 And after the voice had occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("saying")