Matthew 14:26

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

Luke 24:37

But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a spirit.

1 Samuel 28:12-14

When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed with a loud voice; and she said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

Job 4:14-16


Dread and trembling came upon me,
Which made all my bones shake.

Daniel 10:6-12

His body also was like beryl [with a golden luster], his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea].

Mark 6:49-50

But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out [in horror];

Luke 1:11-12

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

Luke 24:5

and as the women were terrified and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you looking for the living One among the dead?

Luke 24:45

Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,

Acts 12:15

They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],

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Summary

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

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Bible References

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1 Samuel 28:12
When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed with a loud voice; and she said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
Job 4:14

Dread and trembling came upon me,
Which made all my bones shake.
Daniel 10:6
His body also was like beryl [with a golden luster], his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea].
Mark 6:49
But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out [in horror];
Luke 1:11
And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.
Luke 24:5
and as the women were terrified and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you looking for the living One among the dead?
Acts 12:15
They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!”
Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],

General references

Luke 24:37
But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a spirit.