Matthew 17:6

Matthew 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.

Context of Matthew 17:6

4Peter 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.” 5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

Matthew 17:6 word by word

καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• the disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• they fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• wereφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• soreσφόδραsphodra · veryG4970

Cross-references for Matthew 17:6

• 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.
• Judges 13:20As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.
• 1 Chronicles 21:16David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
• Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.
• 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 Kebar River, and I fell facedown.
• Daniel 8:17As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
• Daniel 10:7I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; those who were with me did not see it, but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves.
• Daniel 10:16Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.
• Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
• Acts 26:14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
• 2 Peter 1:18We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.

Commentaries on Matthew 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Fell on their face - Dismayed by the voice, and dazzled by the glory of the cloud. So Daniel, Daniel 8:17, and Saul of Tarsus, Acts 9:4.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6They fell on their face - They entered into the cloud, or the cloud enveloped them, Luke 9:34. “They were therefore afraid.” They were awed at the presence of God, and prostrated themselves in solemn adoration on the ground, and their fears were removed only by the voice of their beloved Master. No man can see God and live; and it is only the glory of God, as it shines in the face of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 4:6), that mortals can bear.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7People often react this way when they experience God's glory (for example, Isaiah 6:5; Daniel 8:17; 10:9, 15–19; Revelation 1:17).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 17:6

• Jesus, the Christ
• Mountain
• Transfiguration
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Betray
• Cure
• Peter
• Tabernacle
• Talking
• Transfiguration, the
• Attitudes
• Elijah
• Jesus Christ
• John, the Apostle

Commentaries on Matthew 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings