Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Matthew 21:26

21:26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Matthew 28:8

28:8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

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.”

tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions to tell the disciples.