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.
• New International Version (NIV)When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.
• 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.

Context of Matthew 17:6

4Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.” The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. 7Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only 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 blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
• Judges 13:20As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they 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 his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground.
• Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the Lord, just as I had seen in my first vision by the Kebar River. And I fell face down on the ground.
• Ezekiel 43:3This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.
• Daniel 8:17As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
• Daniel 10:7Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide.
• Daniel 10:16Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, “I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.
• Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
• Acts 26:14We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will.’
• 2 Peter 1:18We ourselves heard that voice from heaven when we were with him on the holy 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