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Matthew 28:4

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

KJV

ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ φόβου αὐτοῦ ἐσείσθησαν οἱ τηροῦντες καὶ ἐγενήθησαν ὡς νεκροί.

Greek NT

Præ timore autem ejus exterriti sunt custodes, et facti sunt velut mortui.

Vulgate

and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

ASV

And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror and became as dead men.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
σείω
seio
verb · 5×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
φόβος
phobos
noun · 48×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὡς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὡς | RP: ὡσεὶ
  • ὡςSBLGNT
  • ὡςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὡσεὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:3 — And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
  • Acts 16:29 — Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
  • Dan 10:7 — 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.
  • Job 4:14 — Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
  • Mark 16:6 — And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
  • Matt 27:65 — Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
  • Matt 28:11 — Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
  • Ps 48:6 — Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: