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While
they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them
and said to them, "Peace be with you."
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He
said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise
in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch
me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I
have."
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And
while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement,
he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" They
gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in
their presence.
He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still
with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in
the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the
Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The
Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and
repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these
things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but
stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on
high."
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