Matthew 17:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were very 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when{G191} the disciples{G3101} heard{G191} it, they fell{G4098} on{G1909} their{G846} face,{G4383} and{G2532} were{G5399} sore{G4970} afraid.{G5399}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} when the disciples{G3101} heard{G191}{(G5660)} it, they fell{G4098}{(G5627)} on{G1909} their{G846} face{G4383}, and{G2532} were sore{G4970} afraid{G5399}{(G5675)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when the disciples hearde that they fell on their faces and were soore afrayed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan ye disciples herde that, they fell vpon their faces, and were sore afrayed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraide.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when the disciples hearde these thynges they fell on their face, and were sore afrayde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
• 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 happened, when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife watched it and fell on their faces to the ground.
• Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
• 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
• Ezek 3:23 : 23 Then I arose, and went 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 I saw, like the vision I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision I saw by the River Chebar, and I fell on 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 to me, Understand, O son of man: for the vision shall be at the time of the end.
• Dan 10:7-9 : 7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great trembling 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 vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength. 9 Yet I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
• Dan 10:16-17 : 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him who stood before me, O my lord, because of the vision, my sorrows overwhelm me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, nor is there breath left in me.
• Acts 22:7 : 7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
• Acts 26:14 : 14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.