⁸ So I was left alone,^(A) gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left,^(B) my face turned deathly pale^(C) and I was helpless.^(D)

²⁸ “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled^(A) by my thoughts,^(B) and my face turned pale,^(C) but I kept the matter to myself.”

²⁷ I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted^(A) for several days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business.^(B) I was appalled^(C) by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet^(A) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me^(B) and said: “Do not be afraid.^(C) I am the First and the Last.^(D)

⁶ (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

⁶ When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.

⁷ or because of these surpassingly great revelations.^(A) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,^(B) a messenger of Satan,^(C) to torment me.

² I know a man in Christ^(A) who fourteen years ago was caught up^(B) to the third heaven.^(C) Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.^{(D) 3} And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—