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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Matthew 17:7

Then Jesus came over and touched them. "Get up," He said. "Do not be afraid."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Mountain;   Transfiguration;   Vision;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Contact;   Discouragement-Encouragement;   Encouragement;   Personal Contact;   Touch;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Transfiguration;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Transfiguration, the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Devil, Satan, Evil, Demonic;   Devil;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mountain;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Transfiguration, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Text of the New Testament;   Transfiguration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates (2);   Fear ;   Friendship;   Moses ;   Mount Mountain ;   Questions and Answers;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Touch;   Transfiguration (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elijah;   Transfiguration;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Transfiguration, the;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elijah;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Micah (1);   Moses;   Transfiguration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
King James Version
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
English Standard Version
But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear."
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."
New Century Version
But Jesus went to them and touched them and said, "Stand up. Don't be afraid."
Amplified Bible
But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraide.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."
Contemporary English Version
But Jesus came over and touched them. He said, "Get up and don't be afraid!"
Complete Jewish Bible
But Yeshua came and touched them. "Get up!" he said, "Don't be afraid."
Darby Translation
And Jesus coming to [them] touched them, and said, Rise up, and be not terrified.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Jesus came to them and touched them. He said, "Stand up. Don't be afraid."
George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus came near them and touched them, and said, Arise, do not be afraid.
Good News Translation
Jesus came to them and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid!"
Lexham English Bible
And Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up and do not be afraid."
Literal Translation
And coming near, Jesus touched them and said, Rise up, and do not be terrified.
American Standard Version
And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
International Standard Version
But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."Daniel 8:18; 9:21;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu approached them and touched them, and said, Arise, fear not.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus came, and touched them, and sayde: aryse, and be not afrayde.
English Revised Version
And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
World English Bible
Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and be not afraid.
Weymouth's New Testament
But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves and have no fear."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus cam, and touchide hem, and seide to hem, Rise vp, and nyle ye drede.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and don't be afraid.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
New English Translation
But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid."
New King James Version
But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid."
New Living Translation
Then Jesus came over and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid."
New Life Bible
Jesus came and put His hand on them. He said, "Get up! Do not be afraid."
New Revised Standard
But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Get up and do not be afraid."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus came near, and, touching them, said - Arise! and be not afraid.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear not.
Revised Standard Version
But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus came and touched them and sayde: aryse and be not afrayed.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise, be not afraid,'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iesus came and touched them, and sayde: Aryse, and be not afrayed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus came and touched them, and said, arise, be not afraid.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But Jesus reached down and helped them up and told them, "Don't be scared!"

Contextual Overview

1After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. 4Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!" 6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror. 7Then Jesus came over and touched them. "Get up," He said. "Do not be afraid."8And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. 9As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." 10The disciples asked Him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

touched: Daniel 8:18, Daniel 9:21, Daniel 10:10, Daniel 10:18, Revelation 1:17

Arise: Luke 24:5, Acts 9:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:27 - How long Ezekiel 2:1 - stand

Cross-References

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land-from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates-
Genesis 17:5
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 17:7
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land of your sojourn-all the land of Canaan-as an eternal possession; and I will be their God."
Genesis 17:9
God also said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep My covenant, you and your descendants for the generations to come.
Genesis 17:11
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?"
Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus came and touched them,.... The disciples were at some little distance from Christ, but he observing the fear and surprise they were in, came to their relief and assistance; which he did not disdain to give, notwithstanding the glory he was covered with; but acts the part of a mediator between God and them, and lays hold on them to raise them up, whom the majesty of God's voice had cast down: the Persic version renders it, "he came and brought them to themselves"; who were just fainting and swooning away, at the awfulness of the voice:

and said, arise, and be not afraid: it is not the voice of an angry God, but of God well pleased with me, and in me with you; it is the voice of my God, and your God, of my Father, and your Father; arise, stand on your feet, take heart, and be of good courage, no hurt will come to you.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:7. Jesus came and touched them — Exactly parallel to this account is Daniel 8:18, I was in a deep sleep, i, e. (a trance) on my face towards the ground; but he TOUCHED me, and set me upright. From Jesus alone are we to expect Divine communications, and by his power only are we able to bear and improve them. It is very likely that this transfiguration took place in the night, which was a more proper season to show forth its glory than the day time, in which a part of the splendour must necessarily be lost by the presence of the solar light. Besides, St. Luke, Luke 9:37, expressly says, that it was on the next day after the transfiguration that our Lord came down from the mount.


 
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