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  • Mark 1:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 And a voice came out of the heavens: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.”+

  • Mark 1:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 καὶ and φωνὴ voice ἐγένετο occurred ἐκ out of τῶν the οὐρανῶν heavens Σὺ You εἶ are ὁ the υἱός Son μου of me ὁ the ἀγαπητός, loved, ἐν in σοὶ you εὐδόκησα. I thought well.

  • Mark 1:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.”+

  • Mark 1:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 and there was a voice out of the sky, “You are my dear son, in you I take pleasure.”

  • Mark 1:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

  • Mark 1:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 and a voice [came] out of the heavens—Thou art my Son, the Beloved,—In thee I delight.

  • Mark 1:11
    King James Version
    • 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 1:11 w19.03 8-10; it-2 60; w98 2/15 13; w88 11/15 10-11

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:11 su 71; w73 274; ad 1639; bf 406

  • Mark
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:11

      The Watchtower (Study),

      3/2019, pp. 8-10

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 60

      The Watchtower,

      2/15/1998, p. 13

      11/15/1988, pp. 10-11

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:11

      a voice came out of the heavens: The first of three instances in the Gospel accounts where Jehovah is reported as speaking directly to humans.​—See study notes on Mr 9:7; Joh 12:28.

      You are 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.

      I have approved you: Or “I am well-pleased with you; I take great delight in you.” 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 notes on Mt 3:17; 12:18.

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