And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Ver. 23. Fear not: thou shalt not die.] Death is dreadful to nature, as being its slaughter man, and hell's purveyor. But why should a true believer be fond of life, or afraid of death, since to him it shall be but the day break of eternal brightness? Some heathens counted mortality a mercy.