Discovery BoxMatthew 17:6 
Context17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 1
Matthew 21:26
Context21:26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”
Matthew 28:8
Context28:8 So 2 they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
1 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.”
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions to tell the disciples.
