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title = "Luke 24:36–53"
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date = "2023-02-26"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk24.36-53)
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While they were talking about Jesus visiting with Simon and with Cleopas and
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the other disciple, Jesus shows up again! It seems like He just suddenly
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appears in the locked room with them all, without warning. This time He proves
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to them that He is physically there, showing them the wounds His body still
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bears, and eating some fish. I really like the phrase Luke used, "they still
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disbelieved for joy" (_v. 41_) A lot of them had seen Jesus raise other people
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from the dead, but this is the only time anyone has ever raised themselves, so
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their disbelief is understandable. But even when they can see Him there, they
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are so happy they can't really believe it.
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Next, Jesus lifts the veil on their minds that kept them from fully
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understanding the words He spoke about Himself concerning His death and
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resurrection. He explains to them as He did on the road to Emmaus how so many
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things in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and even the Psalms are about
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Himself. Not only passages like Genesis 3 and Isaiah 9, but like Psalm 22 and 2
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as well.
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Jesus commissions His disciples to be His witnesses of these things, that
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Christ has suffered and died, but rose again. Therefore, they are to call the
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people to repent and gain forgiveness of their sins in the name of Jesus. They
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are witnesses of a factual account, not a made-up story for the accolades of
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man. God has done wonderful things in their lives, and now they should tell
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everyone about them. The first place they should start is Jerusalem. Jesus
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tells them to stay there in the city until power from Heaven comes down on
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them.
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"Then", that is forty days later (as Luke tells us in the sequel), Jesus takes
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them a couple of miles from Jerusalem, prays over them, and ascends into
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Heaven. The disciples respond with worship and great joy.
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* * *
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Stir up our hearts and move us to respond to Your great message to the world.
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