The Road to Emmaus
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet. Luke 24:40 · Berean Standard Bible
Then He held out His hands and showed them His feet.
His scars weren't hidden — they were proof. The risen Jesus still carries the marks of what He went through for you.
Jesus shows the physical evidence of His crucifixion to His followers.
He could have come back with a perfect, unmarked body. Instead, He kept His scars. They're His eternal reminder that love always leaves its mark.
Jesus visually displays His wounded hands and feet to the assembled disciples as tangible evidence of His identity and bodily resurrection.
The showing of crucifixion wounds establishes continuity between the crucified Jesus and the risen Christ — the same body that died is the same body that was raised.
Jesus shows His crucifixion wounds to the disciples.
The resurrection body bears the marks of the cross, demonstrating that glorification does not erase the reality of suffering but transforms and redeems it.
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?”
42So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,
Read all of Luke 24 — Two disciples walking home in despair meet a stranger who opens the Scriptures. Their hearts burn. And then they recognize Him.
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