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As they said these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
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A Miraculous Appearance
Commentators note that Jesus appeared suddenly among the disciples even though the doors were locked. This wasn't a ghostly apparition but a demonstration of His resurrected body, which operates under what one scholar calls "new conditions of existence," free from normal physical limitations. This points to the reality and power of the resurrection.
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Luke
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jesus stood in the midst of them. This was when the apostles were assembled, and when they had closed the doors for fear of the Jews,[Refe…
He himself stood (αυτος εστη). He himself stepped and stood. Some documents do not have "Peace be unto you."
19th Century
Anglican
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them.—The account agrees with that in John 20:19, who adds the fact that the doors of the room had bee…
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Baptist
And saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
And h…
Once again Luke carefully connects the events after the Crucifixion chronologically (23:54, 56; 24:1, 9, 13, 33) with the words “While they were st…
16th Century
Protestant
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them. While the Evangelist John details the same narrative extensively (John 20:19), he di…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as they thus spoke While the two disciples, that came from Emmaus, were giving the above relation; just as they had f…
Jesus appeared in a miraculous manner, assuring the disciples of His peace—though they had so lately forsaken Him—and promising spiritual peace wit…
