Matthew 17:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ, ἔπεσον ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.

Transliteration

And akousantes the mathētai, epeson epi prosōpon of them, and ephobēthēsan sphodra.

Grammar Details

• *akousantes*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - hearing
• *mathētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *epeson*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - fell
• *epi*: preposition with accusative - on/upon
• *prosōpon*: accusative, neuter, singular - face
• *ephobēthēsan*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd plural - were afraid/feared
• *sphodra*: adverb - exceedingly/greatly

Word Meanings

• *akousantes*: hearing/having heard
• *mathētai*: disciples/students/learners
• *epeson*: fell/fell down/dropped
• *prosōpon*: face/countenance
• *ephobēthēsan*: were afraid/feared/were terrified
• *sphodra*: exceedingly/greatly/very much

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
• Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
• Judg 13:20 : 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
• Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
• 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
• Ezek 3:23 : 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
• Ezek 43:3 : 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
• Dan 8:17 : 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.
• Dan 10:7-9 : 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
• Dan 10:16-17 : 16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
• Acts 22:7 : 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
• Acts 26:14 : 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.