Thunder

“The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to Him.”

THE QUESTION

Soon after riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus prayed, “Father, glorify Your name!” and a voice came from heaven. What did the crowd say it was?

A) A trumpet

B) The wind

C) Thunder ✓

D) An earthquake

A closer look

When Jesus prayed, “Father, glorify Your name!” a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again” (John 12:28). The crowd said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken.

Jesus told them, “This voice was for your benefit, not Mine” (John 12:30).

If you thought of a trumpet, you were remembering John, who heard “a loud voice like a trumpet” on the Lord’s Day (Revelation 1:10). Wind and earthquake have Bible moments too: Pentecost brought “a sound like the blowing of a violent wind” from heaven (Acts 2:2), and Easter morning brought “a violent earthquake” (Matthew 28:2).

What sounded like thunder was God speaking. That same week, in today’s verse, Jesus told Peter, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand” (John 13:7).

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