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Contemporary English Version

Matthew 17:7

But Jesus came over and touched them. He said, "Get up and don't 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."
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus came over and touched them. "Get up," He said. "Do not 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

1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the brothers James and John with him. They went up on a very high mountain where they could be alone. 2 There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed. His face was shining like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 All at once Moses and Elijah were there talking with Jesus. 4 So Peter said to him, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 5 While Peter was still speaking, the shadow of a bright cloud passed over them. From the cloud a voice said, "This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him. Listen to what he says!" 6 When the disciples heard the voice, they were so afraid that they fell flat on the ground. 7 But Jesus came over and touched them. He said, "Get up and don't be afraid!" 8 When they opened their eyes, they saw only Jesus. 9 On their way down from the mountain, Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had been raised from death. 10 The disciples asked Jesus, "Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?"

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
At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.
Genesis 17:6
I will give you a lot of descendants, and in the future they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.
Genesis 17:7
I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.
Genesis 17:8
I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9
Abraham, you and all future members of your family must promise to obey me.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and you will have a son by her. She will become the mother of nations, and some of her descendants will even be kings.
Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, "I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?" So he started laughing.
Genesis 28:13
The Lord was standing beside the ladder and said: I am the Lord God who was worshiped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping.
Exodus 3:6
I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.
Exodus 6:4
I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

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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