While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him.”
Matthew 17:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And when the disciples heard [the voice], they fell [to the ground] on their faces and became very afraid. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were seized with alarm and struck with fear. American Standard Version (1901) And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. Common English Bible Hearing this, the disciples fell on their faces, filled with awe. Catholic Public Domain Version And the disciples, hearing this, fell prone on their face, and they were very afraid. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid. |
While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him.”
But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
When we all fell to the ground I heard a voice speaking in the Hebrew [i.e., Aramaic] language. [It said], ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself by kicking against the spurs [i.e., opposing the work of God].’
And we heard this voice coming from heaven when we were with Him in the holy mountain.