Luke 24:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ The women were very afraid; they bowed their heads down. The two men said to the women, “Why are you looking for a living person here? This is a place for dead people!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And as [the women] were frightened and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among [those who are] dead?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Common English Bible

⁵ The women were frightened and bowed their faces toward the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Then, since they were afraid and were turning their faces toward the ground, these two said to them: "Why do you seek the living with the dead?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And as they were afraid, and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead?

Luke 24:5 Cross References

Daniel 10:16

Then the one that looked like a man touched my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, ‘Sir, I am upset and afraid because of what I saw in the vision. {\cf2\super [123]} I feel helpless.

Daniel 10:19

Then he said, ‘Daniel, don’t be afraid. God loves you very much. Peace be with you. Be strong now, be strong.’

Luke 1:29

But Mary was very confused about what the angel said. Mary wondered, “What does this mean?”

Luke 24:4

The women did not understand this. While they were wondering about it, two men (angels) in shining clothes stood beside them.

Luke 24:6

Jesus is not here. He has risen from death! Do you remember what he said in Galilee?

Acts 2:24

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. God raised Jesus from death. Death could not hold Jesus.

Hebrews 7:8

Those priests get one-tenth, but they are only men who live and then die. But Melchizedek, who got one-tenth \{from Abraham\}, continues living, like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [61]} say.

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]}

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: