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While the two followers were telling this, Jesus himself stood right in the middle of them and said, "Peace be with you."
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They were fearful and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.
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But Jesus said, "Why are you troubled? Why do you doubt what you see?
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Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have a living body as you see I have."
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After Jesus said this, he showed them his hands and feet.
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While they still could not believe it because they were amazed and happy, Jesus said to them, "Do you have any food here?"
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They gave him a piece of broiled fish.
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While the followers watched, Jesus took the fish and ate it.
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He said to them, "Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen -- everything in the law of Moses, the books of the prophets, and the Psalms."
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Then Jesus opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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He said to them, "It is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day