When Jesus appears to His disciples He gives them the strong evidence for His resurrection (v39-40). Meeting the resurrected Christ brings peace (v36).

We have an amazing statement here; ‘they still disbelieved for joy and were marveliing’ (v41). This was too much for them. There should be times in our Christian experience when Christ’s truth overwhelms us. Our Christianity should be living and amazing us and not dead and stale. Pray about this.

Jesus was no ghost (v37) because He ate with them (v42-43). Jesus who died was physically raised, this is the cornerstone of our faith. For those who scorn Christianity challenge them to investigate Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.

Jesus’ life and ministry was all about fulfilling scripture (v44) and if the disciples were to have an effective ministry they needed to understand the scriptures (v45-49).

Pray for Christ to open your mind and heart to the scriptures more and more. Christians should continually be students of the Word, students of Christ.