Luke 24:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Luke 24:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus stood in the midst of them - This was when the apostles were assembled, and when they had closed the doors for fear of the Jews, John 20:19 . It was this fact, as well as his sudden and un...
Luke 24:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Appearance at Jerusalem. Lk. only, but cf. John 20:19-23 , which is perhaps responsible for the insertion of Luke 24:36 b and Luke 24:40 , which are omitted by early and good authoritie...
Luke 24:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seen. Greek. theoreo. App-133. spirit. Greek. pneuma. App-101.
Luke 24:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

37. And they were terrified and affrighted. John does not mention this terror; but as he also says that Christ showed his hands and sides to the disciples, we may conjecture that some circum...
Luke 24:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And supposed that they had seen a spirit - But if there be no such thing as a disembodied spirit, would not our Lord...
Luke 24:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit - the ghost of their dead Lo...
Luke 24:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Resurrection and the Ascension 1-11. Two angels appear to the women at the sepulchre ( Matthew 28:1-8 ; Mark 16:1-8 : cp. John 20:1-2 ). See on Mt and Jn.
Luke 24:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 .
Luke 24:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 26 THE FIRST LORD'S DAY. THE Sabbath came and went over the grave of its Lord, and silence reigned in Joseph's garden, broken only by the mailed sentinels, who laughed and chatted by, the...
Luke 24:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Peace Be unto You” Luke 24:36-43 Jesus Himself! We need nothing else when we are terrified and afraid. You may be fearing the consequences of your sin; fearing the approach of your enemy; fear...
Luke 24:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

No human eye saw the resurrection. The women came early, but only to find the stone rolled away. The record of those earliest experiences is full of touching beauty. Luke alone gives us the story of...
Luke 24:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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)...
Luke 24:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Luke 24:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. Ver. 37. But they were terrified and affrighted ] Tam meticulosa est incredulitas. Ut etiam tutissima et maxime...
Luke 24:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As they thus spake, Jesus stood in the midst of them While the disciples from Emmaus were giving their brethren an account of the Lord's appearing to them, and were probably offering arguments to c...
Luke 24:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HE IS NOT HERE. BUT RISEN (vs.1-12) Though these dear women came to the grave very early in the morning the first day of the week, they were too late. Mary of Bethany had anointed the Lord Jesus...
Luke 24:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Interview with the Apostles. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Pea...
Luke 24:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Spirits sometimes (by God's permission or direction) assumed human shapes. They seeing a human shape, and not able on the sudden to conceive how a human body should come into the midst among them, wi...
Luke 24:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Appears To The Eleven (24:36-43). We now come to the climax to which all that has gone before is building up, the appearance of the risen Jesus to His Apostles and His ascension into Heaven....
Luke 24:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 24:13 . Two of them .—It is evident from Luke 24:33 that neither of them were apostles. The name of one of them is given in Luke 24:18 , Cleopas ( i.e. , an abbreviation o...
Luke 24:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 24:1-4 . Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found...
Luke 24:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 24:21 . To-day is the third day. Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19 . See also Genesis 22:4 ; Genesis 42:18...
Luke 24:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them The first appearance of the risen Lord to the eleven I. THE CERTAINTY OF OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION. No fact in history is better attested. 1. Observe,...
Luke 24:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 24:1-42 THE RESURRECTION . All the four evangelists give an account of the Resurrection. None of the four, however, attempt to give a history of it simply from a hum...
Luke 24:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Last Appearances of Christ. Easter evening:
Luke 24:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 28:13 ; Acts 12:15 ; Job 4:14-16 ; Luke 16:30 ; Mark 6:49 ; Mark 6:50 ; Matthew 14:26 ; Matthew 14:27

Luke 24:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 24:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 24:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 24:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 24:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 24:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 24:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 24:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 24:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 24:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 24:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 24:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 24:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 24:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 24:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 24:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 24:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 24:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 24:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge