Matthew 17:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

Cross References

2 Peter 1:18

We were there with Jesus on the holy mountain and heard this voice speak from heaven.

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice say to me in Aramaic, “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me? It's foolish to fight against me!”

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking, “Saul, Saul, why are you so cruel to me?”

Daniel 8:17

Gabriel came over, and I fell to the ground in fear. Then he said, “You are merely a human, but you need to understand that this vision is about the end of time.”

Ezekiel 43:3

This vision was like the one I had seen when God came to destroy Jerusalem and like the one I had seen near the Chebar River. I immediately bowed with my face to the ground,

Ezekiel 3:23

I immediately went to the valley, where I saw the brightness of the Lord's glory, just as I had seen it near the Chebar River, and I bowed with my face to the ground.

1 Chronicles 21:16

David saw the Lord's angel in the air, holding a sword over Jerusalem. He and the leaders of Israel, who were all wearing sackcloth, bowed with their faces to the ground,

Judges 13:22

Manoah said, “We have seen an angel. Now we're going to die.”

Judges 13:20

The fire blazed up toward the sky, and the Lord's angel went up toward heaven in the fire. Manoah and his wife bowed down low when they saw what happened.

Leviticus 9:24

The Lord sent fiery flames that burned up everything on the altar, and when everyone saw this, they shouted and fell to their knees to worship the Lord.

Matthew 17:5

While Peter was still speaking, the shadow of a bright cloud passed over them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him. Listen to what he says!”

Matthew 17:7

But Jesus came over and touched them. He said, “Get up and don't be afraid!”