Luke 24:38

Contemporary English Version

But Jesus said, "Why are you so frightened? Why do you doubt?

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?

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

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 While Jesus' disciples were talking about what had happened, Jesus appeared and greeted them. ³⁷ They were frightened and terrified because they thought they were seeing a ghost. ³⁸ But Jesus said, "Why are you so frightened? Why do you doubt? ³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet and see who I am! Touch me and find out for yourselves. Ghosts don't have flesh and bones as you see I have." ⁴⁰ After Jesus said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ⁴¹ The disciples were so glad and amazed that they could not believe it. Jesus then asked them, "Do you have something to eat?" ⁴² They gave him a piece of baked fish. ⁴³ He took it and ate it as they watched. ⁴⁴ Jesus said to them, "While I was still with you, I told you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Books of the Prophets, and in the Psalms had to happen." ⁴⁵ Then he helped them understand the Scriptures.

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
The Lord said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 24:4
Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."

Genesis 31:19
Before Rachel left, she stole the household idols while Laban was out shearing his sheep.

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.