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Luke 24:39 KJV
Luke · chapter 24 · verse 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.Luke 24:39 · King James Version
Luke 24:39 in context
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.
40And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
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Key words (Strong's)
- Beholdeidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- myselfautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- handlepsēlaphaōto handle, touch and feel, metaph. mentally to seek after tokens of a person or a thingG5584 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
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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