Luke 5:8

Confronted with Jesus' power, Peter falls down confessing his sinfulness. Nearness to holiness exposes human unworthiness.

Cross-references · 17

• Isa 6:5Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
• Rev 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
• Job 42:5–6I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
• Judg 13:22Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
• Job 40:4“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
• Exod 20:19They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
• Matt 8:8The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
• Matt 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
• Matt 17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
• 1 Sam 6:20The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
• Dan 10:16–17Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
• Rev 22:8–9Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
• Acts 10:25–26When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
• 1 Kgs 17:18She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”
• John 11:32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
• 2 Sam 6:9David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”
• 1 Cor 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

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