Matthieu 28:4

4 Et dans leur frayeur les gardes avaient tremblé et étaient devenus comme morts.

Matthieu 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 28:4

And for fear of him the keepers did shake
Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used to terrible sights in the field of battle; were men of courage, and fearless of danger; and yet were seized with a panic, and every limb of them shook and trembled at the sight of the angel, for fear he was come as an executioner of divine vengeance upon them; who had been concerned in the crucifixion of Christ, had watched him as he hung upon the cross, and now his body in the sepulchre: and even supposing no consciousness of guilt in them, or dread of punishment from him; yet such was the glory and majesty in which he appeared, of which they had never seen the like before, that it had this effect upon them:

and became as dead men:
they turned pale, as dead men, and had scarce any life, or spirit, left in them.

Matthieu 28:4 In-Context

2 Et voici, il y avait eu un grand tremblement de terre, car un ange du Seigneur, descendu du ciel, était venu, avait roulé la pierre en dehors de l'entrée du sépulcre, et s'était assis dessus.

3 Son visage était comme un éclair, et son vêtement blanc comme la neige.

4 Et dans leur frayeur les gardes avaient tremblé et étaient devenus comme morts.

5 Or l'ange, prenant la parole, dit aux femmes: Pour vous, ne craignez point, car je sais que vous cherchez Jésus le crucifié.

6 Il n'est pas ici, car il est ressuscité, comme il l'avait dit. Venez, voyez le lieu où le Seigneur était couché;