Luke 24:37
And they were in trepidation and fear, for they supposed they saw a spirit.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
In Context
38Jesus said to them: Why are ye agitated? And why do imaginations arise in your hearts?
Cross References
Matthew 14:26And his disciples saw him as he walked upon the waters, and they were perturbated: and they said, What we see is a spectre: and they cried out through fear.
Luke 16:30But he said to him: No, my father Abraham: but if one shall 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 →