“The angel, about to return to heaven, more openly explains to them who he is, why he came, and that he is returning to God. And the Lord will then reveal more broadly to that advancing people the gifts of His knowledge, opening and showing to all that He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. Therefore, the angel re…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
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16Then they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces: for they feared.
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14And now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law.
15I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
— Tobit 12:16 —
17But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore.
18For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.