⁷ Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”

¹⁸ Then the one who looked like a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning.

²⁷ But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!^[a]”

¹⁰ Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees.

¹⁸ While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last.

⁶ Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

⁵ The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?

²¹ As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.