When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed and said to Saul, "Why have you tricked me? You are King Saul!"

"What does it look like?" he asked. "It's an old man coming up," she answered. "He is wearing a cloak." Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed to the ground in respect.

I trembled and shuddered; my whole body shook with fear.

I could see something standing there; I stared, but couldn't tell what it was. Then I heard a voice out of the silence:

His body shone like a jewel. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning, and his eyes blazed like fire. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze, and his voice sounded like the roar of a great crowd.

I was left there alone, watching this amazing vision. I had no strength left, and my face was so changed that no one could have recognized me.

Then a hand took hold of me and raised me to my hands and knees; I was still trembling.

Then he said, "Daniel, don't be afraid. God has heard your prayers ever since the first day you decided to humble yourself in order to gain understanding. I have come in answer to your prayer.

but they saw him walking on the water. "It's a ghost!" they thought, and screamed.

They were all terrified when they saw him. Jesus spoke to them at once, "Courage!" he said. "It is I. Don't be afraid!"

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar where the incense was burned.

When Zechariah saw him, he was alarmed and felt afraid.

Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive?

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

"You are crazy!" they told her. But she insisted that it was true. So they answered, "It is his angel."

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the first and the last.