He stepped into their conversation, and greeted them “Peace be with you.”
Assuming him an apparition, they didn’t feel the peace come through.
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“Fear not and calm the doubt within you. Come, touch and see that I am real.
Since sight and touch can be deceiving, give me a portion of your meal.”
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“Hear once again some things I told you: the law and prophets are fulfilled.
What’s written was for your instruction. I’ve risen after I was killed.”
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“So, tell the news of sins’ forgiveness, beginning from Jerusalem.
But wait until you get the power, and go out to the wor-ld then.
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Image: Fresco from the great Cloister of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
Source: Luke 24:36-49
Text: David Alexander, 2022, CC BY-SA NC 4.0
Tune: Les Commandemens de Dieu, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2012/Score/FatherWeThank-LesCommandemens.pdf
Audio:www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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