And the messenger said unto them - Be not afraid! For lo! I bring you good tidings of a great joy, the which shall be for all the people:

But, they, understood not this saying, and it had become veiled from them, that they might not grasp it, - and they were afraid to question him, concerning this saying.

But, even the hairs of your head, have all been numbered: Be not afraid: many sparrows, ye excel.

Be not afraid, the dear little flock! for your Father delighteth to give you, the kingdom.

For I was afraid of thee, because, a harsh man, thou art, - Thou takest up, what thou layedst not down, and reapest, what thou sowedst not!

And, they becoming afraid, and bending their faces unto the ground, they said unto them - Why seek ye the Living One with the dead?

But, being agitated and becoming, afraid, they began to imagine, that, upon a spirit, they were looking.