Mark 9:7 (DBY)

Passage

And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, *This* is my beloved Son: hear him.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:5 And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.

Mark 9:6 For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.

Mark 9:7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, *This* is my beloved Son: hear him.

Mark 9:8 And suddenly having looked around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus alone with themselves.

Mark 9:9 And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among [the] dead.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "cloud", "overshadowing", "voice", "beloved", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "cloud", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "For he knew not what he should..." into verse 8's "And suddenly having looked around they no...", so "came" and "cloud" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "cloud" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.