¹¹ And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear.

¹⁶ And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.

¹⁷ So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.

¹ And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

¹⁶ But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

⁶ But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

²⁰ Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?

²³ There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

⁸ And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

¹⁹ Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:

³ I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended.

²² And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.

²³ At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.

¹⁰ I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.

¹¹ So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

¹ At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.

¹⁴ Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

¹⁵ And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

¹⁶ Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying: