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Matthew 17:6

Fear

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Acts 26:14

    And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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  • Judges 13:20

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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  • 2 Peter 1:18

    And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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  • Daniel 8:17

    So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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  • Daniel 10:7–9

    And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

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  • Ezekiel 3:23

    Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

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  • Leviticus 9:24

    And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

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