Luke 24:40

40 And [when he] had said this, he showed them [his] hands and [his] feet.

Luke 24:40 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:40

And when he had thus spoken
And put them into a method of satisfying themselves by their senses: he showed them his hands and his feet;
that is, he held them forth to be seen and handled by them, which no doubt they did; and which were the infallible proofs by which he showed himself alive to them after his passion; and by which they knew the truth of his incarnation, or that he assumed a true and real body, and of the resurrection of the same body; see ( Acts 1:3 ) ( 1 John 1:1 ) .

Luke 24:40 In-Context

38 And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

39 Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."

40 And [when he] had said this, he showed them [his] hands and [his] feet.

41 And [while] they were still disbelieving because of joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Do you have anything {to eat} here?"

42 So they gave him a piece of broiled fish,

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had said") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [c] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun