VERSE STUDY • KJV

Luke 24:37

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

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But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

35 And they told what things [were done] in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

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 shewed them [his] hands and [his] feet.

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