Matthew 17:6

When the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were very afraid.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, there was a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

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

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Cross References

Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife saw this and lay facedown on the ground.

1 Chronicles 21:16David looked up and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand raised over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, lay facedown on the ground.

Ezekiel 43:3It was according to the appearance of the vision that I saw, according to the vision that I saw when he had come + 43:3 Instead of when he had come, which some Hebrew copies and some ancient and many modern versions read, the Hebrew reads when I came . to destroy the city, and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the Kebar Canal—and I fell to my face.

Daniel 10:7I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision. However, a great terror came on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

2 Peter 1:18We ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:2-14

The Transfiguration of Christ. 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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