# behold

This alerts the reader to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.

# overshadowed them

"came over them"

# there was a voice out of the cloud

Here "voice" refers to God speaking. AT: "God spoke to them from out of the cloud" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the disciples heard it

"the disciples heard God speak"

# they fell on their face

"they fell to the ground"