The Meaning of Luke 24:40 Explained

Luke 24:40

KJV: And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

YLT: And having said this, he shewed to them the hands and the feet,

Darby: And having said this he shewed them his hands and his feet.

ASV: And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Luke 24:40?

MEANING: What does Luke 24:40 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Luke 24:40 mean?

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What is the context of Luke 24:40?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them [his] hands and [his] feet.

What does Luke 24:40 Mean?

Verse Meaning

This verse is probably authentic. It has questionable textual support and is similar to, but not identical to, John 20:20. However, the differences with John 20:20 and the textual support favor inclusion in our versions. Evidently Jesus offered the disciples His hands, feet, and side for them to examine as further proof that His body was real.

Docetism was a heresy in the early history of the church that denied that Jesus" body was genuinely human. These verses would have helped the early Christians combat this error. However these statements are not the strongest proofs of Jesus" humanity since everyone agrees that Jesus" resurrection body was different from His pre-resurrection body. Better proof consists of the evidences of Jesus" true humanity before His resurrection. Luke gave his original Greek readers many such proofs in this Gospel.

Context Summary

Luke 24:36-43 - "peace Be Unto You"

Jesus Himself! We need nothing else when we are terrified and afraid. You may be fearing the consequences of your sin; fearing the approach of your enemy; fearing the future with its unknown contingencies; but Jesus Himself is the antidote of fear. He keeps the soul that trusts Him within the double doors of peace. See Isaiah 26:3.

This was not an apparition, but the clothing of the spiritual body, which evidently repeats the general outlines of the physical body, though in a rarer and more subtle substance. Does this incident not teach us that when we also are clothed in the spiritual body we shall not be wholly dissimilar from what we are today? We shall be recognizable by our beloved and they by us, 1 Corinthians 15:44.

What was it that made those hands and feet distinctly His own, except that the print of the nails was in them? John 20:27. "In the midst of the throne"¦ a Lamb as it had been slain," Revelation 5:6. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 24

¹ Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb
⁹ They report it to others
¹³ Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;
³⁶ afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;
⁴⁷ gives them a charge;
⁴⁹ promises the Holy Spirit;
⁵⁰ and so ascends into heaven

Greek Commentary for Luke 24:40

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Another Western non-interpolation according to Westcott and Hort. It is genuine in John 20:20 . [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 24:40 mean?

And this having said He showed to them the hands the feet

καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας τοὺς πόδας

τοῦτο	this
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this.
εἰπὼν	having said
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say.
ἔδειξεν	He showed
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: δείκνυμι Sense: to show, expose to the eyes.
αὐτοῖς	to them
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
χεῖρας	hands
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: χείρ Sense: by the help or agency of any one, by means of any one.
πόδας	feet
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: πούς Sense: a foot, both of men or beast.

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