Luke 24:37
and being amazed, and becoming frightened, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
In Context
38And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do reasonings come up in your hearts?
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:13And the king says to her, “Do not fear; for what have you seen?” And the woman says to Saul, “I have seen gods coming up out of the earth.”
Matthew 14:26and the disciples having seen Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, “It is an apparition,” and from the fear they cried out;
Luke 16:30and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
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 →