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15 A spirit[a] swept past my face,
    and my hair stood on end.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:15a Or wind; also in 4:16.
  2. 4:15b Or its wind sent shivers up my spine.

Regarding the angels, he says,

“He sends his angels like the winds,
    his servants like flames of fire.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Ps 104:4 (Greek version).

37 But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

38 “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? 39 Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”

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The winds are your messengers;
    flames of fire are your servants.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 104:4 Greek version reads He sends his angels like the winds, / his servants like flames of fire. Compare Heb 1:7.

and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.

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My stomach aches and burns with pain.
    Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
    like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
    I am too afraid to look.
My mind reels and my heart races.
    I longed for evening to come,
    but now I am terrified of the dark.

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    and people are terrified.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
    like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
    their faces aflame with fear.

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14 Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.

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26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”

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