Eyewitnesses

¹⁶ For we did not follow cleverly devised ^(A)tales when we made known to you the ^(B)power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were ^(C)eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷ For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such a ^(D)[a]declaration as this was made to Him by the ^(E)Majestic Glory: “This is ^[b]My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased”— ¹⁸ and we ourselves heard this ^[c]declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the ^(F)holy mountain.

¹⁹ And so we have ^(G)the prophetic word made more ^(H)sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to ^(I)a lamp shining in a dark place, until the ^(J)day dawns and the ^(K)morning star arises ^(L)in your hearts. ²⁰ But ^(M)know this first of all, that ^(N)no prophecy of Scripture ^[d]becomes a matter of ^[e]someone’s own interpretation, ²¹ for ^(O)no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men ^(P)moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

³ For ^(A)I handed down to you ^[a]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(B)for our sins ^(C)according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was ^(D)raised on the third day ^(E)according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that ^(F)He appeared to ^[b](G)Cephas, then ^(H)to the twelve. ⁶ After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some ^(I)have fallen asleep; ⁷ then He appeared to ^[c](J)James, then to ^(K)all the apostles; ⁸ and last of all, as ^[d]to one untimely born, ^(L)He appeared to me also.

⁵ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, ^(A)a voice from the cloud said, “^(B)This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”