Luk 24:37 | NETfull | STEP | But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

Luke 24:37

37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking ^{▼▼ The disciples were still not comfortable at this point thinking that this could be Jesus raised from the dead. Instead they thought they saw a spirit.} they saw a ghost. ^{▼▼ This is not a reference to “a phantom” as read by the Western ms D. For πνεῦμα (pneuma) having the force of “ghost,” or “an independent noncorporeal being, in contrast to a being that can be perceived by the physical senses,” see BDAG 833-34 s.v. πνεῦμα 4.}