Luke 24:39-41

24:39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! ¹  Touch me and see; a ghost ²  does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.” 24:40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. ³  24:41 And while they still could not believe it ⁴  (because of their joy) and were amazed, ⁵  he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “that it is I myself.”

² tn See tc note on “ghost” in v. 37.

³ tc Some Western mss (D it) lack 24:40. However, it is present in all other mss, including Ì⁷⁵, and should thus be regarded as an original part of Luke’s Gospel.

⁵ sn They still could not believe it. Is this a continued statement of unbelief? Or is it a rhetorical expression of their amazement? They are being moved to faith, so a rhetorical force is more likely here.

⁶ sn Amazement is the common response to unusual activity: 1:63; 2:18; 4:22; 7:9; 8:25; 9:43; 11:14; 20:26.

⁷ sn Do you have anything here to eat? Eating would remove the idea that a phantom was present. Angelic spirits refused a meal in Jdt 13:16 and Tob 12:19, but accepted it in Gen 18:8; 19:3 and Tob 6:6.