'Dearly loved' in the Bible

and a voice came from the sky, saying, "Thou art My Son dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."

Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him."

He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'