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Luke 9:34

While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

KJV

ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ἐγένετο νεφέλη καὶ ἐπεσκίαζεν αὐτούς· ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ ἐν τῷ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν νεφέλην.

Greek NT

Hæc autem illo loquente, facta est nubes, et obumbravit eos : et timuerunt, intrantibus illis in nubem.

Vulgate

And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

ASV

And as he spoke these things, there came a cloud and overshadowed them. And they were afraid when they entered into the cloud.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νεφέλη
nephele
noun · 25×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπισκιάζω
episkiazo
verb · 5×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐπεσκίαζεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπεσκίαζεν | RP: ἐπεσκίασεν
  • ἐπεσκίαζενSBLGNT
  • ἐπεσκίαζενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπεσκίασενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς | RP: ἐκείνους εἰσελθεῖν
  • εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺςSBLGNT
  • εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκείνους εἰσελθεῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

§659"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."531 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.532 But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about…
§697Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai,43 at the tent of meeting,44 and during the wandering in the desert,45 and with Solomon at the dedicat…
§2583After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.33 The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for the faith of the People of God. In response to Elijah's plea, "Answer me, O LORD, answer me," the Lord…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Exod 34:5 — And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
  • Exod 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • Luke 3:22 — And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
  • Mark 9:7 — And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  • Matt 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
  • Matt 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.