Matthew 17:6

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When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.

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  • 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 We ourselves heard this voice, which came from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
  • Judg 13:20 : 20 When the flame rose from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell facedown to the ground.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"
  • 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell face down.
  • Ezek 43:3 : 3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when I came to destroy the city, and like the vision I had seen by the River Chebar. I fell on my face.
  • Dan 8:17 : 17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell facedown. He said to me, 'Understand, son of man, that the vision concerns the time of the end.'
  • Dan 10:7-9 : 7 I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision. The men who were with me did not see it, but they were overwhelmed with such terror that they ran away to hide. 8 So I was left alone, staring at this great vision. I had no strength left. My face turned deathly pale, and I could not retain my strength. 9 Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard them, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.
  • Dan 10:16-17 : 16 Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, 'My lord, because of the vision my pains have overwhelmed me, and I have no strength left.' 17 How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe.
  • Acts 22:7 : 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
  • Acts 26:14 : 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew, saying, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

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