Luke 24:39

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

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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King James 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 behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
1 John 1:1 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of 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 so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples 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 I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Acts 1:3 : 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected 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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