⁸ Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my ^[a]vigor was turned to ^[b]frailty in me, and I retained no strength.

²⁸ “This is the end of the ^[a]account. As for me, Daniel, ^(A)my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I ^(B)kept the matter in my heart.”

^27 (A)And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king’s business. I was ^[a]astonished by the vision, but no one understood it.

¹⁷ And ^(A)when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^(B)He laid His right hand on me, saying ^[a]to me, “Do not be afraid; ^(C)I am the First and the Last.

⁶ because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.

^6 (A)And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.

The Thorn in the Flesh

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a ^(A)thorn in the flesh was given to me, ^(B)a messenger of Satan to ^[a]buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

² I know a man ^(A)in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one ^(B)was caught up to the third heaven. ³ And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—

⁷ And I saw him confronting the ram; he was moved with rage against him, ^[a]attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to withstand him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand.