Matthew 17:6

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

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  • 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
  • Judg 13:20 : 20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the LORD’s angel went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife,“We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”
  • 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 David looked up and saw the LORD’s angel standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.
  • Ezek 43:3 : 3 It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.
  • Dan 8:17 : 17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”
  • Dan 10:7-9 : 7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with fright and ran away to hide. 8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy. 9 I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.
  • Dan 10:16-17 : 16 Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me,“Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless.”
  • Acts 22:7 : 7 Then 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 saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’

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