And great fear came on all the church, and on as many as heard these things.
And great fear came on all the church, and on as many as heard these things.
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
Great fear came upon all the Church - This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fear occupied every mind, and hypocrisy and deception were banished from this holy assembly. On the word Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16 (note). It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:
1. Called by the Gospel;
2. grafted into Christ by baptism;
3. animated by love;
4. united by all kinds of fellowship;
5. and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.
See Dodd.