his hands and his side S. Luke (Luke 24:40), who does not mention the piercing of the side, says -His hands and His feet," and adds that He told them to -handle" Him, the very word used in 1 John 1:1.

Then were the disciples The disciples therefore were. Their sorrow is turned into joy (John 16:20), joy which at first made them doubt its reality (Luke 24:41).

when they saw the Lord Till then they had seen a form, but like Mary of Magdala and the two at Emmaus, knew not whose it was.

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