Matthew 17:6

Good News Translation

When the disciples heard the voice, they were so terrified that they threw themselves face downward on the ground.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:16

David saw the angel standing in midair, holding his sword in his hand, ready to destroy Jerusalem. Then David and the leaders of the people—all of whom were wearing sackcloth—bowed low, with their faces touching the ground.

Ezekiel 3:23

So I went out into the valley, and there I saw the glory of the Lord, just as I had seen it beside the Chebar River. I fell face downward on the ground,

Ezekiel 43:3

This vision was like the one I had seen when God came to destroy Jerusalem, and the one I saw by the Chebar River. Then I threw myself face downward on the ground.

Daniel 8:17

Gabriel came and stood beside me, and I was so terrified that I fell to the ground. He said to me, “Mortal man, understand the meaning. The vision has to do with the end of the world.”

Leviticus 9:24

Suddenly the Lord sent a fire, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar. When the people saw it, they all shouted and bowed down with their faces to the ground.

Matthew 17:5

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased—listen to him!”

Matthew 17:7

Jesus came to them and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don't be afraid!”

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

Acts 26:14

All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by hitting back, like an ox kicking against its owner's stick.’

2 Peter 1:18

We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Judges 13:20

While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the Lord's angel go up toward heaven in the flames. Manoah realized then that the man had been the Lord's angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downward on the ground. They never saw the angel again.

Judges 13:22

Manoah said to his wife, “We are sure to die, because we have seen God!”