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Complete Jewish Bible

Luke 24:38

But he said to them, "Why are you so upset? Why are these doubts welling up inside you?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Love;   Trouble;   Unbelief;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Spiritual;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Reproof;   Resurrection of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Doubt;   Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lord's Day;   Luke, Gospel of;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Spirit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Descent into Hades;   Doubt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doubt;   Heart;   Hell ;   Manuscripts;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Body, Spiritual;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Why are you troubled?”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, Why are yee troubled, and why doe thoughts arise in your hearts?
King James Version
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
New Century Version
But Jesus said, "Why are you troubled? Why do you doubt what you see?
Amplified Bible
And He said, "Why are you troubled, and why are doubts rising in your hearts?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Berean Standard Bible
"Why are you troubled," Jesus asked, "and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Contemporary English Version
But Jesus said, "Why are you so frightened? Why do you doubt?
Darby Translation
And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are thoughts rising in your hearts?
Easy-to-Read Version
But Jesus said, "Why are you troubled? Why do you doubt what you see?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide vnto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore doe doutes arise in your hearts?
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, Why do you tremble? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Good News Translation
But he said to them, "Why are you alarmed? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds?
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what reason do doubts arise in your hearts?
Literal Translation
And He said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do reasonings come up in your hearts.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
International Standard Version
He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to them, Why are you perturbed, and why arise thoughts in your hearts ?
Murdock Translation
Jesus said to them: Why are ye agitated? And why do imaginations arise in your hearts?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto them: Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughtes arise in your heartes?
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings arise in your heart?
World English Bible
He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why do reasonings arise in your hearts?
Weymouth's New Testament
but He said to them, "Why such alarm? And why are there such questionings in your minds?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, What ben ye troblid, and thouytis comen vp in to youre hertis?
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do questionings arise in your heart?
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
New English Translation
Then he said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
New King James Version
And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
New Living Translation
"Why are you frightened?" he asked. "Why are your hearts filled with doubt?
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Why are you afraid? Why do you have doubts in your hearts?
New Revised Standard
He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them - Why are ye troubled? and for what cause do reasonings arise in your hearts?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto the: Why are ye troubled and why do thoughtes aryse in youre hertes?
Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he saide vnto the: Why are ye abashed? & wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yor hertes?
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which he said to them, why are you in this confusion? what is it, that your minds are so perplex'd?
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Why are y'all afraid?" Jesus asked. "I can see doubts in your hearts.

Contextual Overview

36 They were still talking about it when — there he was, standing among them! 37 Startled and terrified, they thought they were seeing a ghost. 38 But he said to them, "Why are you so upset? Why are these doubts welling up inside you? 39 Look at my hands and my feet — it is I, myself! Touch me and see — a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I do." 40 As he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41 While they were still unable to believe it for joy and stood there dumbfounded, he said to them, "Have you something here to eat?" 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 which he took and ate in their presence. 44 Yeshua said to them, "This is what I meant when I was still with you and told you that everything written about me in the Torah of Moshe, the Prophets and the Psalms had to be fulfilled." 45 Then he opened their minds, so that they could understand the Tanakh,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and why: Jeremiah 4:14, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 4:19, Matthew 16:8, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:3 - for they Genesis 50:19 - fear not Daniel 10:12 - Fear not Matthew 14:27 - it Mark 2:8 - Why Mark 6:50 - it is I Mark 16:14 - and upbraided Luke 5:22 - What Acts 12:15 - It is

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now Adonai said to Avram, "Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 24:4
but that you will go to my homeland, to my kinsmen, to choose a wife for my son Yitz'chak."
Genesis 31:19
Now Lavan had gone to shear his sheep, so Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, why are ye troubled,.... Who had more reason to rejoice, and be glad, as they were when they knew that it was Jesus:

and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? whether what they saw was Jesus, or an apparition, which gave them a great deal of trouble and uneasiness, and filled them with fright and terror; as it was, and is usual with persons when they fancy they see a spirit, or an apparition; see Matthew 14:26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Why are ye troubled? - Why are you alarmed or frightened?

And why do thoughts ... - The word “thoughts” here means “doubts” or suspicions. It is used in this sense also in 1 Timothy 2:8. The doubts which they had were whether he was the Christ. He reproves them for doubting this; for,

  1. The Scriptures had foretold his death;
  2. He had himself repeatedly done it; and,
  3. They had now the testimony of Peter that he had seen Jesus alive, and of the angels that he was risen. After all this evidence, Jesus reproves them for doubting whether he was truly the Messiah.




 
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