²And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up and^* rolled away the stone and sat down^a on it.

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participles (“descended” and “came up”) have been translated as finite verbs
aOr “was sitting”; here “sat down” reflects an ingressive nuance (beginning of a process or entry into a state) in the translation of the imperfect verb

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.

KJV 1900King James Version

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

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