17 Quando o vi, caí a seus pés como morto. Porém ele pôs sobre mim a mão direita, dizendo: Não temas; eu sou o primeiro e o último 18 e aquele que vive; estive morto, mas eis que estou vivo pelos séculos dos séculos e tenho as chaves da morte e do inferno.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.