The Transfiguration
Matthew 17:6
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- And the disciples having heard, fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid,
- YLT
- And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,
- DBY
- And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified.
- DRC
- And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.
- GNV
- And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraide.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of ἔπεσαν: Textus Receptus: ἔπεσον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσον ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσον ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.
- SCR1894
- και ακουσαντες οι μαθηται επεσον επι προσωπον αυτων και εφοβηθησαν σφοδρα
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 26:14We 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.’
- 2 Peter 1:18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
- Judges 13:20When 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.
- Daniel 8:17As 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.”
- Ezekiel 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
- Daniel 10:7–9Only 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. So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face…
- Daniel 10:16–17And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength. How can I,…
- Ezekiel 3:23So 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.
- Judges 13:22“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
- Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
- Leviticus 9:24Fire 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.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16When 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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