⁵ And as they were ^(A)frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

^18 (A)No one takes it from me, but ^(B)I lay it down ^(C)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^(D)I have authority to take it up again. ^(E)This charge I have received from my Father.”

¹⁰ and which now has ^(A)been manifested through ^(B)the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, ^(C)who abolished death and ^(D)brought life and ^(E)immortality to light through the gospel,

¹⁴ Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise ^(A)partook of the same things, that ^(B)through death he might ^(C)destroy ^(D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

^17 (A)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(B)he laid his right hand on me, ^(C)saying, “Fear not, ^(D)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the living one. ^(E)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^(F)I have the keys of Death and Hades.