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Luke 24:37 KJV
Luke · chapter 24 · verse 37
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.Luke 24:37 · King James Version
Luke 24:37 in context
35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
36And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
38And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
39Behold 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- affrightedemphobosthrown into fear, terrified, affrightedG1719 →
- affrightedginomaito becomeG1096 →
- terrifiedptoeōto terrify, be terrifiedG4422 →
- supposeddokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- seentheōreōto be a spectator, look at, behold, to view attentively, take a view of, survey, to view…G2334 →
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Five times Christ was seen the same day that he rose: by Mary Magdalene alone in the garden (Joh 20:14), by the women as they were going to tell the disciples (Mat 28:9), by Peter alone, by the two disciples going to Emmaus, and now at night by the eleven, of which we have an account in these verses, as also Joh…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-49