Luke Chapter 24 verse 37 Holy Bible
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.
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But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.
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But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed they beheld a spirit.
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But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
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But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
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and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 37. - But they were terrified and affrighted. They spoke one to another of the Master; they discussed the empty sepulchre, the angelic vision, the recital by Peter of his interview with the Risen, and were listening to the details of the quiet Emmaus meeting, all hoping for something more; but this sudden, mysterious appearance of their crucified Master in their midst was not, after all, what they had looked for. It terrified them. And supposed that they had seen a spirit. How else could they explain his presence in their midst, when the doors were shut? The evangelists make no attempt to explain his sudden appearance. He was simply there as they spoke of him. It is clear that his presence could be accounted for in no ordinary, natural way. His disciples felt that; hence their supposition that they were looking on a spirit. We can, with our present limited knowledge, form no adequate conception of this resurrection-body of the Lord. It was a reality, no phantasm or appearance; of that the scene about to be described gives us ample evidence. Still, it is clear that his resurrection-body was not bound by the present conditions of material existence of which we are conscious. Epiphanius ascribes to the body of the risen Lord λεπτότης πνευματική, "a spiritual subtilty," Euthymius uses similar language when he speaks of "his body being now subtile, thin, and unmixed." He could come into a closed, barred room. He could be visible or invisible, known or unknown, as he pleased and when he pleased.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) Supposed that they had seen a spirit.--More accurately, supposed that they were looking on . . . For the use of the word "spirit "in this sense, see Acts 23:8-9; Hebrews 12:23.
