Luke 24:37

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed they beheld a spirit.

DRC

But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

GNV

But they were abashed and afraide, supposing that they had seene a spirit.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν.

RP2018

Πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν.

TR-Boyd

Πτοηθέντες δὲ καὶ ἔμφοβοι γενόμενοι ἐδόκουν πνεῦμα θεωρεῖν.

SCR1894

πτοηθεντες δε και εμφοβοι γενομενοι εδοκουν πνευμα θεωρειν

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 14:26–27When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
• Mark 6:49–50but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost— for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
• Job 4:14–16fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder. Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes,…
• 1 Samuel 28:13“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
• Luke 16:30‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
• Acts 12:15“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

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