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16 For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 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.”Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

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The Reliable Prophetic Word of Testimony

16 For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ by[a] following ingeniously concocted myths, but by[b] being eyewitnesses of that one’s majesty. 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when[c] a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we[d] were with him on the holy mountain,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:16 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“following”) which is understood as means
  2. 2 Peter 1:16 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being”) which is understood as means
  3. 2 Peter 1:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was brought”)
  4. 2 Peter 1:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal