ISB ~ Luke 24 v39
my hands ā¦ my feet:The nail marks demonstrate that Jesusā risen body is the same body that was crucified only days earlier (CCC 645). The evidence for his rising becomes incontrovertible as it mounts from his disappearance (empty tomb), to his various appearances (24:34; 1 Cor 15:4-8), and now to a direct examination of his wounds (Jn 20:27).
ā¢ Analogically (St.Ā Ambrose, In Lucam): Jesusā risen body prefigures the resurrected bodies of the saints. By convincing us of his own Resurrection, he likewise assures us of the physical nature of our own resurrection on the Last Day.
ā¢ Jesusā risen body is truly physical but no longer earthly, since his humanity is now incorruptible and endowed with spiritual qualities. He for ever reigns in a human body, but one that can pass through locked doors (Jn 20:19), vanish at will (Lk 24:31), and is no longer subject to the limitations of time, space, and the laws of nature (CCC 646, 659).See note on 1 Cor 15:42-44.