Easter Season · Year B
Third Sunday of Easter
April 11, 2027
Overview & Insights
“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see.” (Luke 24:39)
This passage not only brings Luke’s Gospel narrative, and especially its developing resurrection motif, to a triumphant conclusion, but also prepares for the taking up of the story in Luke’s second volume, Acts. The summary of the gospel message in 24:46–48, the cryptic promise of “power from on high” in 24:49, Jesus’s ascension in 24:51 (more fully narrated in Acts 1:1–11), and the communal life of the believers in Jerusalem in 24:52–53) will be developed in the early chapters of Acts. The story of Jesus is now becoming the story of the Jesus movement. The most obvious difference between these verses and Acts is the lack here of any indication of the passage of time (forty days [Acts 1:3]) between Jesus’s resurrection and ascension. In bringing his Gospel to an appropriately “orderly” (1:3) literary conclusion, Luke apparently feels no need to be pedantic about the chronological data.
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Commentary
Luke 24 Commentary: The Resurrected Jesus, Verse by Verse Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik works verse by verse through the risen Jesus appearing in Jerusalem, showing his hands and feet and eating before the disciples.
Luke 24:35 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators (Barnes, Gill, Ellicott, Meyer) gathered on the recognition in the breaking of bread and the appearance that follows.
Luke 24 Commentary (Precept Austin) Precept Austin
A deep study collating many scholars, word notes, and cross references across the whole resurrection chapter.
Luke 24:36-48 (Center for Excellence in Preaching) Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on the risen Jesus opening the disciples' minds to understand the Scriptures.
Commentary on Luke 24:36b-48 Working Preacher
A Luther Seminary scholar on the disciples being named as witnesses of repentance and forgiveness in Jesus' name.
Third Sunday of Easter, Cycle B (Sunday Connection) Loyola Press · Sunday Connection
Loyola Press Sunday Connection with a Catholic reading of the Gospel plus reflection questions for families and groups.
Luke 24 (Word on Fire) Word on Fire · Bishop Barron
Word on Fire's Catholic scripture hub for Luke 24, gathering Bishop Barron commentary and reflections on the chapter.
Background & Word Study
Luke (Enter the Bible) Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on the authorship, structure, and major themes of Luke's Gospel (a background resource, not a preaching commentary).
Luke 24:35 Interlinear BibleHub
The Greek text word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close reading of the passage.
Gospel of Luke Summary (Overview Video) BibleProject
An animated overview tracing the literary design of Luke and setting the resurrection finale in context.
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Why does the risen Jesus eat fish in front of the disciples?
To show that his resurrection is bodily and real, not a ghost or vision. He invites them to touch his wounded hands and feet, eats a piece of broiled fish before them, then opens their minds to understand the Scriptures and names them witnesses.
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