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Matthew 17:6

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

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ASV

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

KJV

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἀκούσαντεςakousanteshaving heard [it]G191 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101 →
ἔπεσανepesanfellG4098 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
πρόσωπονprosōponfaceG4383 →
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsanwere terrifiedG5399 →
σφόδρα.sphodragreatly.G4970 →

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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.’Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”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.2 Peter 1:18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.Daniel 10:8So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.Genesis 17:3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,Genesis 28:17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”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.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.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.”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.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.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,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.Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Acts 7:32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

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