![]() ![]() Some may also think of Acts 12:15 where the disciples fear that Peter had been killed while in prison when he (quite unexpectedly) showed up at the door. That is, angels are spirits ( pneumata), but pneuma usually refers to something other than an angel. So although the Greek words are different and usually refer to different things, there is some overlap between them. In Hebrews 1:7 and 1:14, angels are described as spirits ( s) and ministering spirits, respectively. This is likely the cause for the alleged contradiction. ![]() While it occasionally refers to angelic beings, it is never translated as angel.Īll 186 instances of angel( s) in the NT are from the Greek word ἄγγελος ( aggelos pronounced ang’-el-os). Elsewhere, it is translated as soul, spirit, (ghost in older English translations), the “spirit” of a man (meaning how he thinks and feels), the Holy Spirit, a demon (unclean spirit), the divine nature of Christ, human breath, and the wind. In these verses, it is translated variously as spirit or ghost. The Greek word used in verse 37 and 39 is πνεῦμα ( pneuma), which refers to many things in the New Testament (NT). (Luke 24:39 NIV) Spirits, Souls, and Angels: Defining the Terms It is I myself! Touch me and see a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have. (Luke 24:39) They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have. (Luke 24:37) See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. But is there really an apparent contradiction, or are we just looking at a misunderstanding caused by modern conceptions of the terms? Before we discuss the alleged contradiction, let’s look at the two key verses (verses 37 and 39) in different English translations. To further demonstrate his physical presence, he ate broiled fish. In this passage, Jesus said that a spirit (or as some versions state, “a ghost”) does not have flesh and blood, and then he proved that he had flesh and blood by asking them to look at and touch him. We occasionally receive questions about whether Luke 24:37–43 introduces a Bible contradiction.
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