Luke 24:5

And they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the ground. And the men said to them: Why seek ye the living among the dead?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 as they wondered at this, behold, two men stood opposite them; and their raiment was effulgent.

6He is not here; he is risen. Remember how he conversed with you, when he was in Galilee,

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Cross References

Matthew 28:3And his aspect was like the lightning; and his raiment white like snow:

Luke 1:12And when Zachariah saw him, he was agitated, and fear fell upon him.

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

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

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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