Luke 24:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἴδετε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τοὺς πόδας μου, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐγώ εἰμι: ψηλαφήσατέ με, καὶ ἴδετε· ὅτι πνεῦμα σάρκα καὶ ὀστέα οὐκ ἔχει, καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα.

Transliteration

Idete the cheiras of me and the podas of me, that autos egō eimi: psēlaphēsate me, and idete; that pneuma sarka and ostea ouk echei, just as me you theōreite echonta.

Grammar Details

*Idete*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - see/behold
*cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
*podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
*autos egō eimi*: emphatic - I myself am
*psēlaphēsate*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - touch/handle/feel
*idete*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd plural - see/behold
*pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular - spirit/ghost
*sarka*: accusative, feminine, singular - flesh
*ostea*: accusative, neuter, plural - bones
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*echei*: present, 3rd singular, active - has
*theōreite*: present, 2nd plural, active - you see/behold
*echonta*: present participle, active, accusative, masculine, singular - having

Word Meanings

*Idete*: see/behold/look at
*cheiras*: hands
*podas*: feet
*autos egō eimi*: I myself am/it is truly I
*psēlaphēsate*: touch/handle/feel
*pneuma*: spirit/ghost/apparition
*sarka*: flesh/body
*ostea*: bones
*echei*: has/possesses
*theōreite*: you see/behold/observe
*echonta*: having/possessing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 20:27 : 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach [hither] thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
1 John 1:1 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
John 20:20 : 20 And when he had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
John 20:25 : 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except {G3361} I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not {G3361} believe.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
Acts 1:3 : 3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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