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Geneva Bible

Matthew 17:7

Then Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraide.

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."
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."
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

1 And after sixe dayes, Iesus tooke Peter, and Iames and Iohn his brother, and brought them vp into an hie mountaine apart, 2 And was trasfigured before them: and his face did shine as the Sunne, and his clothes were as white as the light. 3 And beholde, there appeared vnto them Moses, and Elias, talking with him. 4 Then answered Peter, and saide to Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: if thou wilt, let vs make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him. 6 And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraide. 7 Then Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraide. 8 And when they lifted vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus onely. 9 And as they came downe from the moutaine, Iesus charged them, saying, Shewe the vision to no man, vntil the Sonne of man rise againe from the dead. 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come?

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
In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.
Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
Genesis 17:6
Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.
Genesis 17:7
Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.
Genesis 17:8
And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9
Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:11
That is, ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shalbe a signe of the couenant betweene me and you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

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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