Matthew 17:6
Good News Translation
When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downward on the ground.

New Revised Standard Version
When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear.

Contemporary English Version
When the disciples heard the voice, they were so afraid they fell flat on the ground.

New American Bible
When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

Leviticus 9:24 And, behold, a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.

Judges 13:20,22 And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended also in the same. And when Manue and his wife saw this, they fell flat on the ground; . . .

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

Ezekiel 3:23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

Ezekiel 43:3 And I saw the vision according to the appearance which I had seen when he came to destroy the city: and the appearance was according to the vision which I had seen by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

Daniel 8:17 And he came, and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.

Daniel 10:7-9 And I, Daniel alone, saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw it not: but an exceeding great terror fell upon them, and they fled away, and hid themselves. . . .

Daniel 10:16,17 And behold as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips: then I opened my mouth and spoke, and said to him that stood before me: O my lord, at the sight of thee my joints are loosed, and no strength hath remained in me. . . .

Acts 22:7 And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts 26:14 And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the good.

2 Peter 1:18 And this voice, we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Context
The Transfiguration
5And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. 6And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much afraid. 7And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear not.…
Cross References
Judges 13:20
And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended also in the same. And when Manue and his wife saw this, they fell flat on the ground;

Matthew 17:5
And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Matthew 17:7
And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear not.

Matthew 17:5
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