Luke 24:37
Startled, and in the utmost alarm, they thought they were looking at a spirit;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
In Context
36While they were thus talking, He Himself stood in their midst and said, "Peace be to you!"
38but He said to them, "Why such alarm? And why are there such questionings in your minds?
Cross References
Matthew 14:26When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they cried out with terror.
Luke 16:30"`No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; `but if some one goes 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 →