Disbelieved for joy (απιστουντων αυτων απο της χαρας). Genitive absolute and a quite understandable attitude. They were slowly rec…

Believed not for joy. Their joy was so great, and his appearance was so sudden and unexpected, that they were bewildered, and still sought…

While they yet believed not for joy.—We again note St. Luke’s characteristic tendency to psychological analysis. As men s…

And saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

And h…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Lord had shown His disciples His hands and His feet to assure them that the same body which had s…

Verse 41a is a beautifully human touch. Jesus provides further evidence of his physical presence by eating (vv.42–43).

But while they yet believed not for joy. This passage also shows that they were not deliberately incredulous, like persons who deliberatel…

And while they yet believed not for joy Though they had been prepared for the belief of resurrection, by the report of th…

Jesus appeared in a miraculous manner, a uring the disciples of His peace—though they had so lately forsaken Him—and promising spiritual peace with…