Luke 24:37

37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

Luke 24:37 in Other Translations

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

37 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.

37 But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

37 They thought they were seeing a ghost and were scared half to death.

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

37 They were terrified, and thought they were seeing a ghost.

37 But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.

37 They were surprised and terrified. They thought they were seeing a ghost.

Luke 24:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:37

But they were terrified and affrighted
At the sight of him, and at his sudden appearance among them, without being heard, or seen before, and the doors shut and bolted; they could not tell how to account for it, that it should be Jesus himself risen from the dead in his own body, though they had been just speaking of his resurrection, and had had a confirmation of it from the disciples that went to Emmaus: and supposed that they had seen a spirit;
that what they saw was a phantom, or apparition, or a spirit, that had assumed, and appeared in, the shape of Jesus, and was not he himself.

Luke 24:37 In-Context

35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.

36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

Cross References

• 1. Mark 6:49