VERSE STUDY • KJV

Luke 24:38

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

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And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

And he said to them, ‘Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

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.

41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

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