⁹ Then an angel of the Lord^(A) stood before^[a] them,^(B) and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.^[b]

¹⁹ Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

²⁶ Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

⁴ While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling^(A) clothes.