Luke Chapter 24, Verse 39
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39: ιδετε τας χειρας μου και τους ποδας μου οτι αυτος εγω ειμι ψηλαφησατε με και ιδετε οτι πνευμα σαρκα και οστεα ουκ εχει καθως εμε θεωρειτε εχοντα
39: Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me,
and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me
have.
39: See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for
a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have.
Behold my hands, &c. Jesus proceeds to give them evidence that
he was truly the same person that had been crucified. He first showed
them his hands and his feet -- still pierced, and with the wounds made
by the nails still open. Comp. Jn 20:27. He told them to handle
him and see him. He ate before them. All this was to satisfy them that
be was not, as they supposed, a spirit. Nor could better evidence have
been given. He appealed to their senses, and performed acts which a
disembodied spirit could not do.
Handle me. Or touch me; feel of me. Comp. Jn 20:27.
And see. Be convinced, for you could not thus handle a spirit. The object here was to convince them that his body had really come to life.
For a spirit, &c. He appeals here to what they well knew; and this implies that the spirit may exist separate from the body. That was the view of the apostles, and Jesus distinctly countenances that belief.
