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Luke 24:36 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 36. 36And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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Role in This Section
Luke 24:36 records the speech or response at Luke 24:36 within Luke 24:36–24:49: “And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you”.
Read It With
- Luke 24:36–24:49
Read Luke 24:36 with 24:36–24:49. Luke 24:36 records the speech or response at Luke 24:36 within Luke 24:36–24:49: “And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Jesus stands among the disciples with peace, invites embodied examination, eats fish, opens their understanding of Scripture, and commissions repentance and forgiveness to all nations beginning at Jerusalem while promising the Father's power.
Why It Needs Context
Luke 24:36 records the speech or response at Luke 24:36 within Luke 24:36–24:49: “And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you”. Its short connective, pronoun, reply, or scene detail depends on Luke 24:36–24:49; isolation would detach the selected wording from the actor, referent, or development that explains it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Luke 24:36–24:49 — The Risen Jesus Opens Scripture and Commissions WitnessesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 24:36–24:49, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 24:36–24:49
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 24:36–24:49
Open source ↗