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2 Peter 1:18

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

KJV

καὶ ταύτην τὴν φωνὴν ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐνεχθεῖσαν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ.

Greek NT

Et hanc vocem nos audivimus de cælo allatam, cum essemus cum ipso in monte sancto.

Vulgate

and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

ASV

And this voice, we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἁγίῳ ὄρει | WH/Treg/NIV: ἁγίῳ ὄρει | RP: ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ
  • ἁγίῳ ὄρειSBLGNT
  • ἁγίῳ ὄρειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:33 — Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
  • Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
  • Josh 5:15 — And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
  • Matt 17:1 — And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
  • Matt 17:6 — And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
  • Matt 17:6 — And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
  • Ps 87:1 — His foundation is in the holy mountains.