There is a story in the book of Acts about Peter escaping certain death and turning up at the house where the church was praying for his release. Hearing his voice, they say, ‘It must be his angel!’ – in other words, he must have been killed, and this is a ghostly visitation, as it were, coming to say goodbye. This did not mean he had been raised from the dead. It was clear confirmation that he hadn’t been.
