what does the bible say?

In Matthew 17:1-2 we read, “Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, brought them up on a high mountain by themselves, and was transfigured before them.  His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.”  Continuing in verse 5, “While he [Peter] was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.  Hear Him!’” Yet, Jesus says in John 5:37, “And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of me.  You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.”

So what is the answer to this apparent contradiction? Notice carefully: “While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.  Hear Him!’”  It was not the voice of God, but merely a voice.  It did not come from the heights of heaven but from the cloud which overshadowed them.  This was the voice of an angel acting as a spokesman for God.