Section 2
I Myself; handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you behold Me having" (vv. 38-39). Then He showed them His hands and feet. Here we see the Man-Savior's resur rected body, which is spiritual (1 Cor. 15:44) and a body of glory (Phil. 3:21).
The Lord's appearing was very mysterious, and we cannot understand it fully. He came into the room as the Spirit, yet with a physical, touch able body. The prints of the nails could still be seen. The place in His side that had been pierced with a spear could still be seen and touched. Not only was the Lord's body visible and touchable, but He was able to eat food. "And while they still did not believe for joy and were marveling, He said to them, Do you have anything to eat here? And they handed Him part of a broiled fish; and He took it and ate before them" (Luke 24:41-43). We do not understand how the Lord Jesus as One with a spiritual body was still able to eat mate rial food.
OPENING THEIR MIND TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES
Just as the Man-Savior had opened the Scrip tures to the disciples on the way to Emmaus, He now opened the Word to those gathered in the