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For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
The keepers did shake. It was night. The appearance was sudden and unexpected, and to them terrifying. The stone was probably suddenly rem…
The watchers did quake (εσεισθησαν ο τηρουντες). And no wonder that they became as dead men and fled before the women came.
19th Century
Anglican
The keepers shook — The words imply that when the two Marys reached the tomb, they saw the soldiers lying prostrate in panicked te…
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Baptist
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 …
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Through fear the guards trembled. The Lord struck the guards with terror, as if He had engraved their consciences with a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And for fear of him the keepers did shake Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used …
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
