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Matthew 3:17

NETBible	And¹ a voice from heaven said,² “This is my one dear Son;³ in him⁴ I take great delight.”⁵
NIV © biblegateway Mat 3:17	And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
NASB © biblegateway Mat 3:17	and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."
NLT © biblegateway Mat 3:17	And a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with him."
MSG © biblegateway Mat 3:17	And along with the Spirit, a voice: "This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life."
BBE © SABDAweb Mat 3:17	And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mat 3:17	And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."
NKJV © biblegateway Mat 3:17	And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
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KJV	And <2532> lo <2400> (5628) a voice <5456> from <1537> heaven <3772>_, saying <3004> (5723)_, This <3778> is <2076> (5748) my <3450> beloved <27> Son <5207>_, in <1722> whom <3739> I am well pleased <2106> (5656)_.
NASB © biblegateway Mat 3:17	and behold <2400> , a voice <5456> out of the heavens <3772> said <3004> , "This <3778> is My beloved <27> Son <5207> , in whom <3739> I am <2106> well-pleased <2106> ."
NET [draft] ITL	And <2532> a voice <5456> from <1537> heaven <3772> said <3004> , “This <3778> is <1510> my <3450> one dear <27> Son <5207> ; in <1722> him I take great delight <2106> .”
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> (5628) V-2AAM-2S fwnh <5456> N-NSF ek <1537> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM ouranwn <3772> N-GPM legousa <3004> (5723) V-PAP-NSF outov <3778> D-NSM estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S o <3588> T-NSM uiov <5207> N-NSM mou <3450> P-1GS o <3588> T-NSM agaphtov <27> A-NSM en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSM eudokhsa <2106> (5656) V-AAI-1S

NETBible

And¹ a voice from heaven said,² “This is my one dear Son;³ in him⁴ I take great delight.”⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “and behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.

²tn Grk “behold, a voice from the cloud, saying.” This is an incomplete sentence in Greek which portrays intensity and emotion. The participle λέγουσα (legousa) was translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style.

³tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).

³sn The parallel accounts in Mark 1:11 and Luke 3:22 read “You are” rather than “This is,” portraying the remark as addressed personally to Jesus.

⁴tn Grk “in whom.”

⁵tn Or “with whom I am well pleased.”

⁵sn The allusions in the remarks of the text recall Ps 2:7a; Isa 42:1 and either Isa 41:8 or, less likely, Gen 22:12,16. God is marking out Jesus as his chosen one (the meaning of “[in him I take] great delight”), but it may well be that this was a private experience that only Jesus and John saw and heard (cf. John 1:32-33).