1 Machabæorum 28:4

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

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

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Pr� timore autem ejus exterriti sunt custodes, et facti sunt velut mortui.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Prae timore autem eius exterriti sunt custodes et facti sunt velut mortui.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the: Matthew 28:11, Matthew 27:65, Matthew 27:66

shake: Job 4:14, Psalms 48:6, Daniel 10:7, Acts 9:3-7, Acts 16:29, Revelation 1:17

Reciprocal: Judges 13:6 - terrible Mark 16:6 - Be not Acts 12:6 - and the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for fear of him the keepers did shake,.... Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used to terrible sights in the field of battle; were men of courage, and fearless of danger; and yet were seized with a panic, and every limb of them shook and trembled at the sight of the angel, for fear he was come as an executioner of divine vengeance upon them; who had been concerned in the crucifixion of Christ, had watched him as he hung upon the cross, and now his body in the sepulchre: and even supposing no consciousness of guilt in them, or dread of punishment from him; yet such was the glory and majesty in which he appeared, of which they had never seen the like before, that it had this effect upon them:

and became as dead men: they turned pale, as dead men, and had scarce any life, or spirit, left in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The keepers did shake - It was night. The appearance was sudden and unexpected, and to them terrific. The stone was probably suddenly removed. At the noise, the light, the suddenness of the appearance, they were affrighted.

And became as dead men - Probably by terror they fainted, or were thrown into a swoon. At this time it is probable that the Lord Jesus arose, and hence he was not seen by them when he came forth. At what precise time of the night this was we are not certainly informed. The narrative, however, leads us to suppose that it was not long before the women came to the sepulchre, or near the break of day.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 28:4. The keepers - became as dead men.] God can, by one and the same means, comfort his servants, and terrify his enemies. The resurrection of Christ is a subject of terror to the servants of sin, and a subject of consolation to the sons of God; because it is a proof of the resurrection of both, the one to shame and everlasting contempt-the other to eternal glory and joy.