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Jesus Appears to His Disciples
Luke 24:36-48
Good News Translation (GNT)
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36 While the two were telling them this,
suddenly the Lord himself stood among them
and said to them, "Peace be with you." (a)
37 They were terrified, thinking that they were
seeing a ghost.
38 But he said to them, "Why are you alarmed?
Why are these doubts coming up in your
minds?
39 Look at my hands and my feet, and see that
it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know,
for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones,
as you can see I have."
40 He said this and showed them his hands
and his feet. (b)
41 They still could not believe, they were so full
of joy and wonder; so he asked them,
"Do you have anything here to eat?"
42 They gave him a piece of cooked fish,
43 which he took and ate in their presence.
44 Then he said to them, "These are the very
things I told you about while I was still with
you: everything written about me in the
Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets,
and the Psalms had to come true."
45 Then he opened their minds to understand
the Scriptures,
46 and said to them, "This is what is written:
the Messiah must suffer and must rise from
death three days later,
47 and in his name the message about
repentance and the forgiveness of sins must
be preached to all nations, beginning in
Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
Footnotes
Luke 24:36
Some manuscripts do not have and said
to them, "Peace be with you."
Luke 24:40
Some manuscripts do not have verse 40.
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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
Luke 24:36-48
While the two disciples from Emmaus
were still talking with the other disciples,
Jesus Himself appeared before them all.
Jesus passed miraculously through
the locked door of the room
where they were gathered.
The disciples thought they
were seeing a ghost,
a spirit without a body.
But then Jesus showed them the nail
wounds in His hands and feet.
He told them to reach out and touch His body,
so that they might know that it was real.
Jesus was not a ghost.
He had a body of flesh and bones.
He had a resurrected body,
a glorified heavenly body.
The disciples were so filled with
amasement and joy that they didn't know
what to think. It was all like a dream.
They still couldn't believe
it was really true.
Jesus, knowing the weakness of their faith,
asked for something to eat,
and then ate it before them.
Final Teaching
During the next forty days,
Jesus gave His disciples many teachings.
Jesus wanted His disciples to understand
the Scriptures. He wanted them to know that
what was written in the Old Testament
about Himself had now been fulfilled.
He had told all these things to two of
His disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Now He began to teach these things
to all of the disciples.
He told them again what He had told them
many times before: namely,
that the Christ will suffer and
rise from the dead on the third day.
He opened their minds
so they could understand the Scriptures.
Only when our minds are opened
by the Holy Spirit can we fully understand
the Bible and the preaching of God's word.
Jesus also taught His disciples
from the Old Testament that repentance
and forgiveness of sins will be preached
to all nations,
not only to the Jews but to the
Gentiles as well.
Repentance and forgiveness of sins
are the first two steps in man's salvation.
Without repentance there can be no forgiveness.
Without forgiveness, there can be no salvation.
Then Jesus said,
"You are witnesses to these things."
The disciples themselves had seen these things;
now they were to go out into the
whole world and proclaim
these things to others.
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