Matteo 28:4

4 E per lo spavento che n’ebbero, le guardie tremarono e rimasero come morte.

Matteo 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.

Matteo 28:4 In-Context

2 Ed ecco si fece un gran terremoto; perché un angelo del Signore, sceso dal cielo, si accostò, rotolò la pietra, e vi sedette sopra.

3 Il suo aspetto era come di folgore; e la sua veste, bianca come neve.

4 E per lo spavento che n’ebbero, le guardie tremarono e rimasero come morte.

5 Ma l’angelo prese a dire alle donne: Voi, non temete; perché io so che cercate Gesù, che è stato crocifisso.

6 Egli non è qui, poiché è risuscitato come avea detto; venite a vedere il luogo dove giaceva.