Jesus- May you have peace!
You might expect them to be overjoyed, but they aren't. They're startled and terrified; they think they're seeing a ghost.
Jesus- Why are you upset? Why are your hearts churning with questions? Look--look at My hands and My feet! See that it's Me! Come on; touch Me; see for yourselves. A ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see that I have!
Then He shows them His hands and His feet.
Now their fear gives way to joy, but it seems too good to be true and they're still unsure.
Jesus- Do you have anything here to eat?
They hand him a piece of broiled fish, and He takes it and eats it in front of them.
Jesus- I've been telling you this all along, that everything written about Me in the Hebrew Scriptures must be fulfilled--everything from the law of Moses to the prophets to the psalms.
Then He opens their minds so they can comprehend the meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus- This is what the Scriptures said: that the promised Liberating King should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, that in His name a radical change of thought and life should be preached, and that in His name the forgiveness of sins should be preached, beginning in Jerusalem and extending to all the nations. You have witnessed the fulfillment of these things. So I am sending My Father's promise to you. Stay in the city until you receive it--until power from heaven comes upon you.
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