Matthew 28:4

The keepers did shake. — The words imply that the two Maries when they reached the sepulchre saw the soldiers prostrate in their panic terror.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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⁴ And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 28:4

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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