Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
- BSB Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Do not be afraid.”
- ESV But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.”
- NKJV But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.”
- NASB And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”
- NLT Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”
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- Dan 10:18Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
- Dan 8:18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
- Matt 14:27But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
- Rev 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Dan 10:10Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.
- Luke 24:5Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
- Acts 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Dan 9:21yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
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