Matthew 28:4
and for dread of him the keepers were afeared, and they were made as dead men. (and the guards were greatly afraid of him, and they were made like dead men.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
In Context
3And his looking was as lightning, and his clothes (were as) [white] as snow;
Cross References
Psalms 48:6trembling took them. There sorrows, as of a woman travailing of child; (for panic, or trembling, took hold of them there. And sorrows, like when a woman laboureth with child;)
Matthew 27:65Pilate said to them, Ye have the keeping (or Ye have the guarding of it); go ye, keep ye (watch over it) as (sure as) ye can.
Acts 9:3And when he made his journey, it befelled, that he came nigh to Damascus. And suddenly a light from heaven shone about him;
Revelation 1:17And when I had seen him, I felled down at his feet, as dead. And he putted his right hand on me, and said, Do not thou dread (or Do not fear); I am the first and the last;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 28:2-11
The Resurrection. 1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not… Read the whole commentary →