# As he was saying this

"While Peter was saying these things"

# they were afraid

These adult disciples were not afraid of clouds. This phrase indicates that some kind of unusual fear came over them with the cloud. AT: "they were terrified" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# they entered into the cloud

This can be expressed in terms of what the cloud did. AT: "the cloud surrounded them"

# A voice came out of the cloud

It is understood that the voice could only have belonged to God. AT: "God spoke to them from the cloud" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Son

This is an important title for Jesus, the Son of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])

# the one who is chosen

This can be stated with an active form. AT: "the one I have chosen" or "I have chosen him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# They kept silent ... what they had seen

This is information that tells what happened after the story as a result of the events in the story itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-endofstory]])

# kept silent ... told no one

The first phrase refers to their immediate response, and the second refers to what they did in the following days.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/elect]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]