Expository Thoughts
for Moses, and one for Elijah, as if all three deserved equal honor, this proposal was at once rebuked in a remarkable way— "There came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear
Him." That voice was the voice of God the Father, conveying both reproof and instruction. That voice proclaimed to Peter's ear that however great Moses and Elijah might be, there stood One before him far greater than they. They were but servants; He was the King's
Son. They were but stars; He was the Sun. They were but witnesses; He was the Truth.
Forever let that solemn word of the Father ring in our ears, and give the key-note to our religion. Let us honor ministers for their Master's sake. Let us follow them so long as they follow Christ. But let it be our principal aim to hear Christ's voice, and follow Him wherever He goes. Let some talk, if they will, of the voice of the Church. Let others be content to say, "I hear this preacher, or that clergyman." Let us never be satisfied unless the Spirit witnesses within us that we hear Christ Himself, and are His disciples.
Notes on 9:28-36
29. As he was praying. We are told that it was as our Lord was praying at his baptism that the Holy Spirit came down and the Father's voice was heard. So also prayer ushers in the great vision of glory here.
Bishop Hall remarks: "Behold how Christ entered on all his great works, with prayers in his mouth. When he was about to start his great work of his humiliation in his passion, he went into the garden