2 Pedro 1:18

18 Nosotros mismos oímos esa voz que vino del cielo cuando estábamos con él en el monte santo.

2 Pedro 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Peter 1:18

And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard
Peter, who wrote this epistle, and James and John, the favourite disciples of Christ; and who were a sufficient number to bear witness of what they then saw and heard:

when we were with him;
and saw his glory, and the glory of Moses and Elias, and were so delighted with his company, and theirs, and with communion with him, that Peter, in the name of the rest, desired to stay there:

in the holy mount;
the Ethiopic version reads, "in the mountain of his sanctuary"; and so Grotius understands it of Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built, called the holy hill, and the holy hill of Zion; and supposes that this voice was heard in the temple, and that it refers to ( John 12:28 ) , but without any foundation; for the mount on which Christ was transfigured is here meant; and which was either, as is generally said, Tabor, a mountain in Galilee; or it may be Lebanon, which was near Caesarea Philippi, in the parts of which Christ then was: and it is called "holy", from his presence or transfiguration on it, who is the Holy One; just as the land on which Moses was, and the city and temple of Jerusalem, and Mount Sion, and Sinai, are called "holy", from the presence of the holy God there, ( Exodus 3:5 ) ( Matthew 4:5 ) ( Psalms 2:6 ) ( 68:17 ) . Now such a declaration of the honour and glory of Christ, as the Son of God, being made by God the Father, in a voice from heaven, which the apostles heard with their ears, at the same time that they saw with their eyes his human body glorified in an amazing manner, was to them a confirming evidence that he would come again in power and glory; and upon this evidence they declared, and made known to the saints, the power and coming of Christ; though not on this evidence only, but also upon the more sure word of prophecy, which entirely agrees with it.

2 Pedro 1:18 In-Context

16 Cuando les dimos a conocer la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo en todo su poder, no estábamos siguiendo sutiles cuentos supersticiosos sino dando testimonio de su grandeza, que vimos con nuestros propios ojos.

17 Él recibió honor y gloria de parte de Dios el Padre, cuando desde la majestuosa gloria se le dirigió aquella voz que dijo: «Este es mi Hijo amado; estoy muy complacido con él».

18 Nosotros mismos oímos esa voz que vino del cielo cuando estábamos con él en el monte santo.

19 Esto ha venido a confirmarnos la palabra de los profetas, a la cual ustedes hacen bien en prestar atención, como a una lámpara que brilla en un lugar oscuro, hasta que despunte el día y salga el lucero de la mañana en sus corazones.

20 Ante todo, tengan muy presente que ninguna profecía de la Escritura surge de la interpretación particular de nadie.