Luke 24:37

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

But having been terrified, and having been filled with fear, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

Latin

Conturbati vero et conterriti, existimabant se spiritum videre.

Greek

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 14:26–27
When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
Job 4:14–16
…fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
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.
Mark 6:49–50
…but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
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.”