Luke 24:37

But they were startled and terrified, thinking ¹  they saw a ghost. ² 

1Sa 28:13; Job 4:14-16; Mt 14:26,27; Mr 6:49,50; Lu 16:30; Ac 12:15

¹ sn The disciples were still not comfortable at this point thinking that this could be Jesus raised from the dead. Instead they thought they saw a spirit.

² tc This is not a reference to “a phantom” as read by the Western ms D. For πνεῦμα (pneuma) having the force of “ghost,” or “an independent noncorporeal being, in contrast to a being that can be perceived by the physical senses,” see BDAG 833-34 s.v. πνεῦμα 4.