Luke 24:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

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  • Dan 8:17-18 : 17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end. 18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
  • Dan 10:7-9 : 7 And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came on them and they went in flight to take cover. 8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face. 9 But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth. 10 Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands. 11 And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear. 12 Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.
  • Dan 10:16 : 16 Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength.
  • Dan 10:19 : 19 Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:
  • Matt 28:3-5 : 3 His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.
  • Mark 16:5-6 : 5 And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder. 6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!
  • Luke 1:12-13 : 12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him. 13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.
  • Luke 1:29 : 29 But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?
  • Acts 10:3-4 : 3 He saw in a vision, clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius! 4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.
  • Heb 7:8 : 8 Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:

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  • Luke 24:1-4
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    1 But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

    2 And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

    3 And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

    4 And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

  • Mark 16:2-8
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    2 And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

    3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

    4 And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

    5 And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder.

    6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

    7 But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

    8 And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

  • Matt 28:1-11
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    1 Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

    2 And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

    3 His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:

    4 And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.

    5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

    6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.

    7 And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.

    8 And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news.

    9 And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.

    10 Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

    11 Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

  • Luke 24:6-9
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    6 He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,

    7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

    8 And his words came back into their minds,

    9 And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

  • Luke 24:36-38
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    36 And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

    37 But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

    38 And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?

  • Luke 24:22-25
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    22 And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

    23 And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

    24 And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

    25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

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    11 But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,

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    13 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

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    6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

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    11 But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

    12 But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

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    10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

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    15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • Luke 24:33-34
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    33 And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

    34 And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.

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    9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

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    5 And looking in, he saw the linen bands on the earth; but he did not go in,

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    13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

  • Luke 24:17
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    17 And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?

  • Matt 27:53
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    53 And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

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    2 Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.