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When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.[a] But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do not be afraid.” When[b] they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

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  1. 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.”
  2. Matthew 17:8 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.