Matthew 28:4 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 28:4

The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

KJV

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

The guards lay like dead men in a trance of terror, but the Angel speaks comfort not to them, but to the women, saying, Fear not ye; as much as to say, Let them fear with whom unbelief abides; but do ye who seek the crucified Jesus hear that He has risen again, and has accomplished what He promised.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus when the Son of God arose to judgment, the stout-hearted were spoiled, Ps. lxxvi. Note, The resurrection of Christ, as it is the joy of his friends, so it is the terror and confusion of his enemies. They did shake; the word eseisthesan is the same with that which was used for the earthquake,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The keepers - became as dead men - God can, by one and the same means, comfort his servants, and terrify his enemies. The resurrection of Christ is a subject of terror to the servants of sin, and a subject of consolation to the sons of God; because it is a proof of the resurrection of both, the one to shame and everlasting contempt - the other to eternal glory and joy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men--Is the sepulchre "sure" now, O ye chief priests? He that sitteth in the heavens doth laugh at you.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπὸ	apo	From	G575 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
φόβου	phobou	fear	G5401 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἐσείσθησαν	eseisthēsan	trembled	G4579 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
τηροῦντες	tērountes	keeping guard	G5083 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐγενήθησαν	egenēthēsan	they were	G1096 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
νεκροί.¶	nekroi	dead [men].	G3498 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
  Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Daniel 10:8–10
  So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Revelation 22:13
  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 8:17–18
  As 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.”
- Isaiah 48:12
  Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Through
Daniel 10:7
Only 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.
leads to
- Acts 9:7
  The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
- Acts 22:9
  My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Genesis 3:10
  “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”