37But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed they beheld a spirit.


In Context

34 saying, The Lord is indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.

35 And they related what had happened on the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

36 And as they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst, and says to them, Peace be unto you.

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

38 And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are thoughts rising in your hearts?

39 behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit has not flesh and bones as ye see me having.

Luke 24:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:37But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:37But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:37and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.