# Luke 24.39-40

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a spirit.</span> 38. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?</span>
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> **39. <span class="rl-speech">See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.</span> 40. And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.**
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> 41. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Have ye here anything to eat?</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish.</span> (Luke 24:37-42, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.</span> 38. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?</span>
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> **39. <span class="rl-speech">See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”</span> 40. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.**
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> 41. While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Do you have anything here to eat?”</span> 42. They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. (Luke 24:37-42, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.</span> 38. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?</span>
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> **39. <span class="rl-speech">Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.</span>**
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> 41. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Have ye here any meat?</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.</span> (Luke 24:37-42, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 37. <span class="rl-speech">and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.</span> 38. And he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?</span>
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> **39. <span class="rl-speech">see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.'</span> 40. And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,**
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> 41. and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Have ye anything here to eat?'</span> 42. and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb, (Luke 24:37-42, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Narrative-Identity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-narrative-identity-convergence/)
- [Argument from the Resurrection](/codex/argument-from-the-resurrection/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Argument from the Universal Burial Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-burial-convergence/), via [Luke 24.36-43](/codex/luke-24-36-43/)
- [Causal Adequacy Argument](/codex/argument-from-the-proportionate-causality-convergence/), via [Luke 24.36-43](/codex/luke-24-36-43/)
- [Modal Argument from Mind](/codex/modal-argument-from-mind/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Nag Hammadi Suppressed Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/nag-hammadi-suppressed-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Resurrection-Centric Growth Argument](/codex/resurrection-centric-growth-argument/), via [Luke 24.39-43](/codex/luke-24-39-43/)

**Concepts:**

- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Crucifixion Remains of Yehohanan](/codex/crucifixion-remains-of-yehohanan/)
- [Hell and Eternal Punishment](/codex/hell-and-eternal-punishment/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [Luke 24.39-43](/codex/luke-24-39-43/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 24](/codex/luke-24/)
- [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Resurrection of Jesus](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [Resurrection of Jesus - Minimal Facts Case](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-minimal-facts-case/), via [Luke 24.36-43](/codex/luke-24-36-43/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0386 - anastasis](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [G4561 - sarx](/codex/g4561-sarx/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)
- [G5590 - psyche](/codex/g5590-psyche/), via [Luke 24.39](/codex/luke-24-39/)

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## Why these four translations

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The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.