5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living [1] among the dead?

Other Translations of Luke 24:5

New International Version

5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?

English Standard Version

5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

The Message

5 The women were awestruck and bowed down in worship. The men said, "Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery?

New King James Version

5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

New Living Translation

5 The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, "Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 24:5

Commentary on Luke 24:1-12

(Read Luke 24:1-12)

See the affection and respect the women showed to Christ, after he was dead and buried. Observe their surprise when they found the stone rolled away, and the grave empty. Christians often perplex themselves about that with which they should comfort and encourage themselves. They look rather to find their Master in his grave-clothes, than angels in their shining garments. The angels assure them that he is risen from the dead; is risen by his own power. These angels from heaven bring not any new gospel, but remind the women of Christ's words, and teach them how to apply them. We may wonder that these disciples, who believed Jesus to be the Son of God and the true Messiah, who had been so often told that he must die, and rise again, and then enter into his glory, who had seen him more than once raise the dead, yet should be so backward to believe his raising himself. But all our mistakes in religion spring from ignorance or forgetfulness of the words Christ has spoken. Peter now ran to the sepulchre, who so lately ran from his Master. He was amazed. There are many things puzzling and perplexing to us, which would be plain and profitable, if we rightly understood the words of Christ.