The doors were shut] A clear indication that our Lord's body had become a spiritual body, and was no longer subject to the ordinary laws of matter, or the conditions of space: cp. John 20:26 Luke 24:31; Luke 24:36 and Luke 24:51; RM. Yet there is no suggestion of an unreal or phantom (Docetic) body, for He offers it to be handled (Luke 24:39; John 20:27); and even eats before them (Luke 24:42; Acts 1:4; (RM) Acts 10:41). It is to be presumed that Jesus closed the interview by mysteriously vanishing. Peace] The usual Jewish greeting, but how full of meaning now that the Cross had made peace between man and God!

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