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Revelation 1:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Revelation 1:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead.[a] He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,(A)
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- 1:17 It was an Old Testament belief that for sinful human beings to see God was to die; cf. Ex 19:21; 33:20; Jgs 6:22–23; Is 6:5.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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