While he yet spke] 2 Peter 1:17. a ight cloud] A lightsome cloud, not a black dark one, as in Sinai. This cloud erved to convey Moses and Elias away from them. This is my beloved Son] Chap. 3. 17. Not a servant, as Moses, Hebrews 3:5-6 and the prophets, Hebrews 1:1-2. but a son. Also the double article in the Greek severeth Christ from other children; for he is Gods naturall Son; we, by adoption. Therefore he is called the first-begotten among the brethren, because that although he be of right the onely Son; yet is he chief among many, in that he is the fountain and head of the adoption, Colossians 1:13. Ephesians 1:6. hear ye him] Hear him principally, as being the Prophet foretold by Moses and the prophets, Acts 3:22; Acts 3:24. and is preferred before Moses and the prophets, as being the complement of him, and them all, Deuteron. 18. 15. Romans 10:4. Galatians 3:24.