The guards shook from fear and fell down, as though they were dead.
I trembled with fear,
They trembled all over like women giving birth
Although the people who were with me did not see the vision, they became so frightened that they scattered and hid.
While the women were on their way, some soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city. They told the chief priests everything that had happened.
The angel looked as bright as lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
The angel said to the women, “Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross.
The jailer asked for a torch and went into the jail. He was shaking all over as he knelt down in front of Paul and Silas.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said: Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last,