Matthew 28:2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
KJV
καὶ ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας· ἄγγελος γὰρ κυρίου καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ προσελθὼν ἀπεκύλισεν τὸν λίθον καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Et ecce terræmotus factus est magnus. Angelus enim Domini descendit de cælo : et accedens revolvit lapidem, et sedebat super eum :
Vulgate
And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
ASV
And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λίθον — SBLGNT
- λίθον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας — Robinson-Pierpont
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1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the
- 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
- 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
- 2Sam 22:8 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
- Acts 3:15 — And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- Acts 16:26 — And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
- Acts 16:26 — And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
- Job 37:1 — At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
- John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
- John 20:12 — And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
- Luke 24:2 — And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
- Luke 24:4 — And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
- Mark 16:3 — And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
- Mark 16:4 — And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
- Matt 4:11 — Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
- Matt 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matt 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matt 27:60 — And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Ps 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Ps 21:11 — For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Ps 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.