Luke 24:38 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 24:38

“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

KJV

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

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Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, CHAPTER 24 (444)

To convince them firmly and absolutely that he is the same one who suffered, he immediately shows that being God by nature, he knows what is hidden. The tumultuous thoughts within them do not escape him. He said, "Why are you troubled?" This is a very clear proof that the one they see before them is not some other person. He is the same one whom they saw suffering death upon the cross and laid in the tomb, even the one who sees mind and heart and from whom nothing that is in us is hid.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 1Ti 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.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We should observe in this passage — the singularly gracious words with which our Lord introduced Himself to His disciples after His resurrection . We read that He suddenly stood in the midst of them and said, "Peace be with you." This was a wonderful saying, when we consider the men to whom it was addressed. It was addressed to eleven disciples, who three days before had shamefully forsaken their Master and fled. They had broken their promises. They had forgotten their professions of readiness to die for Jesus.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2408: “Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1895)

IT seems, from these questions of our Lord, that true Believers may come into a troubled state of mind. The eleven were truly Christ's disciples and even His Apostles, yet, when their faith failed them and they refused to believe the testimony that Christ was risen from the dead, they were troubled in their minds and tossed to and fro, as on a stormy sea. Unbelief is a great troubler.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
τί	ti	Why	G5101 →
τεταραγμένοι	tetaragmenoi	troubled	G5015 →
ἐστὲ	este	are you	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
διαλογισμοὶ	dialogismoi	doubts	G1261 →
ἀναβαίνουσιν	anabainousin	do come up	G305 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
καρδίᾳ	kardia	heart	G2588 →
ὑμῶν;	humōn	of you?	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Psalms 33:13–15
  The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- 1 Samuel 16:7
  But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
Through
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
leads to
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Through
Matthew 16:8
Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
leads to
- Matthew 6:30
  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
- Matthew 14:31
  Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”