“And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.”
But Jesus came and touched them, saying: rise, and have no fear. The touch of Jesus and the rise, have no fear are the compassionate response to the disciples' terror. The pattern — divine encounter produces prostration and fear; Jesus touches and reassures — is the pattern of every divine encounter in Matthew's Gospel. The one who can produce the terror is the one who can relieve it.
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