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The Terror of Holiness
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon note the guards weren't threatened with a weapon; they were paralyzed by the mere presence of the angel's perfect purity. This reveals a profound truth: God's holiness is inherently terrifying to the ungodly. The sight of heavenly glory alone was enough to make hardened Roman soldiers faint 'as dead men.'
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 28:4
18th Century
Theologian
The keepers did shake. It was night. The appearance was sudden and unexpected, and to them terrifying. The stone was probably suddenly rem…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 28:4
The watchers did quake (εσεισθησαν ο τηρουντες). And no wonder that they became as dead men and fled before the women came.
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 28:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
It took a great deal to alarm Roman soldiers. They were accustomed to all manner of terrors, but this angel’s radiant face and snow-white garments …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 28:4
The clause introduced by “for” either suggests that the violent earthquake came with the “angel of the Lord” or was the means the angel used to ope…
John Calvin
On Matthew 28:4
16th Century
Theologian
Through fear the guards trembled. The Lord struck the guards with terror, as if He had engraved their consciences with a…
John Gill
On Matthew 28:4
17th Century
Pastor
And for fear of him the keepers did shake
Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used …
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 28:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Christ rose the third day after His death; that was the time He had often spoken of. On the first day of the first week, God commanded the light to…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 28:1–20
13th Century
Philosopher
After the Evangelist finished the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, he treats of the triumph of the Lord’s Resurrection: and it is divided as follow…