“But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.”
But he said to them, 'It is I; don't be afraid.' — the simple ego eimi (I am) without predicate echoes the divine name. The command not to be afraid (me phobou) is the typical divine reassurance in theophanies. Jesus' bare self-assertion is sufficient to dispel terror.
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