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Selected Verse: Matthew 17:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 17:6 |
King James |
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| They fell on their face - They entered into the cloud, or the cloud enveloped them, Luk 9:34. "They were therefore afraid." They were awed at the presence of God, and prostrated themselves in solemn adoration on the ground, and their fears were removed only by the voice of their beloved Master. No man can see God and live; and it is only the glory of God, as it shines in the face of Christ (see Co2 4:6), that mortals can bear. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Fell on their face - Dismayed by the voice, and dazzled by the glory of the cloud. So Daniel, Dan 8:17, and Saul of Tarsus, Act 9:4. |
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.