"Peace be unto you."--_Luke 24:36._
In the evening, the ten apostles were all together in the upper room,
with the doors close shut, for fear of the Jews. There were only ten,
for Thomas was not there; the wretched Judas had hung himself in his
grief and despair.
The two disciples came back from Emmaus, and told how they had seen
JESUS; and while they were telling about it, though the door was not
opened, they found JESUS Himself standing in the midst, and they heard
His voice say, "Peace be unto you."
They were afraid at first; but again He said, "Why are ye troubled?
and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet,
that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh
and bones, as ye see Me have." Then He showed them that there were the
marks of the nails in His hands and feet, and the spear-wound in His
side; so that it was His own real body that had come again from the
dead.
[Illustration: JESUS APPEARS TO TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES.--Luke 24:15.]
And while they could not believe for joy, and wondered, He said, "Have
ye here any meat?" And they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and a
honeycomb; and He ate with them, to make them quite sure it was Himself.