3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: …
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)In these verses, I. Theophilus is put in mind, and we in him, of St. Luke’s gospel, which it will be of use for us to cast an eye upon before we enter upon the study of this book, that we may not only see how this begins where that breaks off, but that, as in water face answers to face , so do the acts of the apostles to the acts of their Master, the acts of his grace. 1. His patron, to whom he de…
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