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Matthew 17:6

Fear

4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

7 Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Do not be afraid.”

8 And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

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BSB
When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
KJV
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
WEB
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
ASV
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
DARBY
And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified.
BLB
And having heard [it], the disciples fell upon their face, and they were exceedingly terrified.
ÅB
Og da disiplene hørte det, falt de ned på ansiktet og ble meget redde.
OTB
Da disiplene hørte dette, ble de så redde at de falt ned med ansiktet mot jorden.
B1930
Og da disiplene hørte det, falt de ned på sitt ansikt og blev meget forferdet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 26:14

    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  • Judges 13:20

    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

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  • 2 Peter 1:18

    And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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  • Daniel 8:17

    As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

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  • Daniel 10:7–9

    Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.

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  • Ezekiel 3:23

    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

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  • Leviticus 9:24

    Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

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