The Road to Emmaus
Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” Luke 24:39 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said, 'Look at My hands and My feet — it's really Me! Touch Me and see. A ghost doesn't have flesh and bones like I do.'
Jesus didn't ask for blind faith — He invited them to touch, to see, to verify. He welcomes honest investigation.
Jesus offers His own body as proof, inviting them to see and touch for themselves.
He showed them His scars — the very wounds that proved His death now proved His resurrection. Jesus turned their evidence of tragedy into evidence of triumph.
Jesus offers empirical proof of His bodily resurrection, inviting them to examine His hands and feet and to touch Him, asserting that a spirit lacks flesh and bones (Greek: sarkas kai ostea).
This verse is a key text for the doctrine of bodily resurrection. The invitation to touch counters Docetic tendencies that would later deny Christ's physical reality.
Jesus invites the disciples to physically verify His bodily resurrection through touch and sight.
Jesus meets their skepticism with physical evidence. The resurrection is not a spiritual metaphor but a concrete, tangible reality that can be tested and verified.
37But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
38“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.
41While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
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