Luke 24:35-49 - Jesus Appears To The Disciples

³⁵ Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf.

³⁶ Just as they were speaking He stood among them [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw; ³⁸ but he said to them, "Why are you upset? Why do doubts invade your mind? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have." ⁴⁰ [With these words he showed them his hands and feet.] ⁴¹ Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?" ⁴² And when they handed him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ he took and ate it in their presence.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony. ⁴⁹ And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day ??the first day of the week ??though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced.

²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth." ²² And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit! ²³ If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained."