Luke 24:5

and they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the earth. And they said to them, Why are you seeking the living with the dead?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

In Context

4And it was that while they were amazed at this, behold, two men stood over against them, and whose raiment shined;

6He is not here, he is risen. Remember what he spake with you while he was in Galila,

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Cross References

Matthew 28:3His aspect was like lightning, and his raiment was white as the snow.

Luke 1:12And Zakaria trembled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

Acts 10:3This saw an angel of Aloha in a vision manifestly about the ninth hour of the day, who came in to him, and said to him, Cornelius!

Revelation 1:18and who liveth and who have been dead; and, behold, I am alive for ever and ever. Amen! And I have the keys of death and of Sheul.

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:2-13

The Resurrection. 1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why… Read the whole commentary →

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