Luke 24:37
and they being affrighted and filled with fear, thought they saw a spirit.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
In Context
36And they speaking these things, He stood in their midst,
38And He said to them, Why are you excited, and why do reasonings arise in your heart?
Cross References
Matthew 14:26And the disciples seeing Him walking on the sea, were afrighted, saying, It is a specter; and they cried out from fear.
Luke 16:30But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent.
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 →