Matthew 17:6

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The disciples were terrified when they heard this and fell facedown on the ground.

Cross References

2 Peter 1:18

We heard that voice speak to him from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Acts 26:14

All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for ⌞a mortal like⌟ you to resist God.’

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?’

Daniel 8:17

Gabriel came up beside me, and when he came, I was terrified and immediately knelt down. He said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision is about the end times.”

Ezekiel 43:3

This vision was like the one I saw when he came  to destroy Jerusalem and like the one I saw by the Chebar River. I immediately bowed down.

Ezekiel 3:23

I got up and went to the plain. The Lord’s glory was standing there like the glory I saw by the Chebar River, and I immediately bowed down.

1 Chronicles 21:16

When David looked up, he saw the Messenger of the Lord standing between heaven and earth. The Messenger had a sword in his hand and stretched it over Jerusalem. David and the leaders were dressed in sackcloth. They bowed down with their faces touching the ground.

Judges 13:22

So Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die because we have seen God.”

Judges 13:20

As the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Messenger of the Lord went up in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they immediately bowed down with their faces touching the ground.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar. When all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed with their faces touching the ground.

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”

Matthew 17:7

But Jesus touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid!”