Mark 6:49-50

6:49 When they saw him walking on the water ¹  they thought he was a ghost. They ²  cried out, 6:50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: ³  “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. ⁴  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ⁵  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 10:7-9

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ⁶  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ⁷  and ran away to hide. 10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ⁸  me, and my vigor disappeared; ⁹  I was without energy. ¹⁰  10:9 I listened to his voice, ¹¹  and as I did so ¹²  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹³  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Luke 1:12

1:12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, ¹⁴  was seized with fear. ¹⁵ 

Luke 1:29-30

1:29 But ¹⁶  she was greatly troubled ¹⁷  by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. ¹⁸  1:30 So ¹⁹  the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, ²⁰  Mary, for you have found favor ²¹  with God!

¹ tn Grk “on the sea,” “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 48).

² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn Grk “he spoke with them, and said to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “on my face.”

⁵ tn Or “human one.”

⁶ tn Heb “the vision.”

⁷ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

⁸ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

⁹ tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “strength.”

¹¹ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

¹² tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”

¹³ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

¹⁴ tn The words “the angel” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹⁵ tn Or “and he was afraid”; Grk “fear fell upon him.” Fear is common when supernatural agents appear (1:29-30, 65; 2:9; 5:8-10; 9:34; 24:38; Exod 15:16; Judg 6:22-23; 13:6, 22; 2 Sam 6:9).

¹⁶ tc Most mss (A C Θ 0130 ˹³ Ï lat sy) have ἰδοῦσα (idousa, “when [she] saw [the angel]”) here as well, making Mary’s concern the appearance of the angel. This construction is harder than the shorter reading since it adds a transitive verb without an explicit object. However, the shorter reading has significant support (א B D L W Ψ Ë¹ 565 579 1241 sa) and on balance should probably be considered authentic.

¹⁷ sn On the phrase greatly troubled see 1:12. Mary’s reaction was like Zechariah’s response.

¹⁸ tn Grk “to wonder what kind of greeting this might be.” Luke often uses the optative this way to reveal a figure’s thinking (3:15; 8:9; 18:36; 22:23).

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Gabriel’s statement is a response to Mary’s perplexity over the greeting.

²⁰ sn Do not be afraid. See 1:13 for a similar statement to Zechariah.

²¹ tn Or “grace.”