But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.”
Again one having the appearance of a man touched me and strengthened me.
But immediately he spoke to them, saying, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”
As he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and set me on my feet.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe.
And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.