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Luke 24:5
And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?
Luke 24:5 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 24:5 in other translations
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?
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
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In context
2 And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
3 And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.
4 And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:
5 And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,
7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.
8 And his words came back into their minds,
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