Luke 24:5
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?
Cross-reference
Luke 1:12 shows Zechariah gripped with fear at Gabriel — identical reaction of fear here at the angelic appearance.
Luke 1:13 records the angel's 'Do not be afraid' — here the angel speaks to the women's fear, though with different words.
Daniel 8:17 shows Daniel falling prostrate in terror before an angel — the women here similarly bow with faces to the ground.
Matthew 28:3-5 is the parallel resurrection account: an angel tells the women 'Do not be afraid'—Luke's angel asks a similar question, both addressing their fear.
Mark 16:5 describes the women seeing a young man in white and being alarmed—identical fear and angelic appearance at the tomb, parallel to Luke's account.
Mark 16:6 has the angel say 'He has risen; he is not here'—Luke's angel asks 'Why seek the living among the dead?' conveying the same resurrection truth.
Revelation 1:18 declares Christ 'the living one who died and is alive forever'—directly echoes the identity of the risen Jesus sought in Luke's tomb.
Revelation 2:8 identifies Jesus as the one who died and came to life — the same living One the angels tell the women not to seek among the dead.
Matthew 28:5 records the same angelic encounter at the tomb, where the angel tells the women not to be afraid and announces Jesus' resurrection.
In John 20:15, Jesus himself asks Mary a similar question about why she seeks him, leading to her recognition of the risen Lord.
Acts 1:11 features angels asking a similar corrective question: 'Why do you stand looking into the sky?' — paralleling the angelic questioning here.
1 Corinthians 15:4 summarizes the same resurrection event — that Christ was raised on the third day — as the angels announce here.