Matthew 28:4
Strong's Lexicon
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

guards
τηροῦντες (tērountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

trembled
ἐσείσθησαν (eseisthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4579: To shake; fig: I agitate, stir up. Apparently a primary verb; to rock, i.e. to agitate; figuratively, to throw into a tremor.

in
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

fear
φόβου (phobou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5401: (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect. From a primary phebomai; alarm or fright.

of him
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

became
ἐγενήθησαν (egenēthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

dead [men].
νεκροί (nekroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

Young's Literal Translation
and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men.

New American Standard Bible
The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

King James Bible
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead [men].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

New Living Translation
The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.

English Standard Version
And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.

New American Standard Bible
The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

King James Bible
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men.

International Standard Version
Trembling from fear, even the guards themselves became catatonic.

NET Bible
The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

American Standard Version
and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

English Revised Version
and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

Young's Literal Translation
and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.
















Cross References
Matthew 28:3
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Matthew 28:5
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 28:2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

Matthew 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Matthew 28:6
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Matthew 28:7
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
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