⁶ Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God^(A) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,^(B) very awesome.^(C) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

¹⁷ Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name,^(A) so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”

¹⁸ He replied, “Why do you ask my name?^(B) It is beyond understanding.^[a]”

⁶ But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God;^(A) he is highly respected, and everything^(B) he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”

Moses Blesses the Tribes^(A)

33 This is the blessing^(B) that Moses the man of God^(C) pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

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)

¹⁵ All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin^(A) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

²⁹ As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.

¹⁹ The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel.^(A) I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.^{(A) 4} The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

¹¹ He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed,^(A) consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up,^(B) for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.