Luke 24:37
They were startled and afraid, thinking they were seeing a ghost.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
In Context
36While they were talking, Jesus himself stood among them, and said, “Peace to you!”
38“Why are you frightened? Why are you doubting?” he asked them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:13“Don't be scared,” the king told her. “What can you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the ground,” the woman replied.
Matthew 14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. They screamed out in fear, “It's a ghost!”
Luke 16:30‘No, Father Abraham,’ said the man. ‘But they would repent if someone went to them from the dead!’
Matthew Henry on Luke 24:37-50
Christ's Interview with the Apostles. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his… Read the whole commentary →