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The two then explained to them what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized the Lord when he broke the bread.
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While the two were telling them this, suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost.
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But he said to them, "Why are you alarmed? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds?
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Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have."
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He said this and showed them his hands and his feet.
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They still could not believe, they were so full of joy and wonder; so he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
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They gave him a piece of cooked fish,
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which he took and ate in their presence.
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Then he said to them, "These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true."
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Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,