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Matthew 17:6-8
New English Translation
Matthew 17:6-8
New English Translation
6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.[a] 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do not be afraid.” 8 When[b] they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.
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- Matthew 17:6 tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”
- Matthew 17:8 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
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