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  • Matthew 3:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 Look! Also, a voice from the heavens+ said: “This is my Son,+ the beloved, whom I have approved.”+

  • Matthew 3:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 καὶ and ἰδοὺ look! φωνὴ voice ἐκ out of τῶν the οὐρανῶν heavens λέγουσα saying Οὗτός This ἐστιν is ὁ the υἱός Son μου of me ὁ the ἀγαπητός, beloved, ἐν in ᾧ whom εὐδόκησα I found good pleasure.

  • Matthew 3:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 Look! Also, there was a voice+ from the heavens that said: “This is my Son,+ the beloved,+ whom I have approved.”+

  • Matthew 3:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 and lo, a voice out of the sky saying “This is my dear son in whom I take pleasure.”

  • Matthew 3:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Matthew 3:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 and lo! a voice out of the heavens,—saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.

  • Matthew 3:17
    King James Version
    • 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 3:17 lff lesson 15; it-1 521; it-2 993, 1001; jy 35, 74; w13 4/1 5; w08 1/1 25; re 11; g04 8/22 9; w96 7/1 14-15; gt chapters 12, 30; w88 6/1 10; w88 11/15 10-11; w86 7/1 17

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 3:17 hs 92-93; w74 222; w73 168; ka 64-65, 101; w72 687, 715-716; ad 666, 732, 889, 963, 1123, 1639; kj 62, 305; w65 551; w63 716; bf 405; g63 12/8 9; w62 231; g62 8/8 28; w61 684; w60 255; w59 343; w58 235; yw 137; nh 303; lg 108; rm 241; w49 119, 278; g47 10/22 25; w44 197; w37 198; w34 168; jh 251

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 3:17

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 15

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 521-522

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 992-993, 1001

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 35, 74

      The Watchtower,

      4/1/2013, p. 5

      1/1/2008, p. 25

      7/1/1996, pp. 14-15

      11/15/1988, pp. 10-11

      6/1/1988, p. 10

      7/1/1986, p. 17

      Revelation Climax, p. 11

      Awake!,

      8/22/2004, p. 9

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3:17

      Look!: See study note on Mt 1:20.

      a voice from the heavens: The first of three instances in the Gospel accounts where Jehovah is reported as speaking audibly to humans.​—See study notes on Mt 17:5; Joh 12:28.

      This is my Son: As a spirit creature, Jesus was God’s Son. (Joh 3:16) From the time of his birth as a human, Jesus was a “son of God,” just as perfect Adam had been. (Lu 1:35; 3:38) However, it seems reasonable that God’s words here go beyond a mere statement of Jesus’ identity. By this declaration accompanied by the outpouring of holy spirit, God evidently indicated that the man Jesus was His spirit-begotten Son, “born again” with the hope of returning to life in heaven and anointed by spirit to be God’s appointed King and High Priest.​—Joh 3:3-6; 6:51; compare Lu 1:31-33; Heb 2:17; 5:1, 4-10; 7:1-3.

      whom I have approved: Or “with whom I am well-pleased; in whom I take great delight.” The same expression is used at Mt 12:18, which is a quotation from Isa 42:1 regarding the promised Messiah, or Christ. The outpouring of holy spirit and God’s declaration concerning his Son were a clear identification of Jesus as the promised Messiah.​—See study note on Mt 12:18.

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