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Peter blurted out, “Sir, it’s wonderful that we can be here! If you want me to, I’ll make three shelters,[a] one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

But even as he said it, a bright cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, and I am wonderfully pleased with him. Obey him.”[b]

At this the disciples fell face downward to the ground, terribly frightened.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:4 three shelters, literally, “three tabernacles” or “tents.” What was in Peter’s mind is not explained.
  2. Matthew 17:5 Obey him, literally, “Hear him.”

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