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Revelation 1:17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me and said,“ Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
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Daniel 10:15-19
While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me,“ My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.How can someone like me, your servant, speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”Then the one with a human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.He said,“ Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong!” As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said,“ Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
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Mark 16:5-8
When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed.“ Don’t be alarmed,” he told them.“ You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they put him.But go, tell his disciples and Peter,‘ He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there just as he told you.’”They went out and ran from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.[ Some of the earliest mss conclude with 16:8.][