Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 105
After leaving the sepulchre, Jesus first met with Mary Magdalene and her companion, who kissed his feet-a sign that his body was physical-and Jesus instructed them to tell his disciples to go to Galilee, where they would meet with him. Jesus was then seen by James and by Paul, and met his friends at sporadic intervals, not daring to be seen openly in public for fear that he might be recognized and taken by the Jews. It is clear that Mary and her companion, in the midst of their joy at finding that Jesus was alive, were very fearful that he might be discovered. Jesus himself was aware of this and tried to comfort them. Jesus then undertook a journey on foot of about 100 kilometres to travel into Galilee and thus throw his possible persecutors off the track. But let us look at some more proofs that Jesus continued to live in his own earthly human body, and that he had not entered the world of the spirit. Thus, we read in the Gospel of St. Luke, when Jesus appeared to the apostles (Luke 24:37-39): But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Two verses further on, Jesus unexpectedly shows signs of being hungry, which would be quite inconceivable in a divine or spiritual being. And in the gospel of St. John we read how Thomas touched the 97