Luke 24:5

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And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Zechariah was startled at the sight and was awe-struck.

His appearance was as dazzling as lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow;

Going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on their right, in a white robe, and they were dismayed; But he said to them:

One afternoon, about three o'clock, he distinctly saw in a vision an angel from God come to him, and call him by name.

In the one case the tithes are received by mortal men; in the other case by one about whom there is the statement that his life still continues.

the Everliving. I died, and I am alive for ever and ever. And I hold the keys of the Grave and of the Place of the Dead.

To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna write:-- "These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died, but is restored to life:--