Q1. Bodily Resurrection

[Pastor Ralph]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

[haar]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body?

 

After the resurrection, Jesus had all the characteristic of a physical body:- bones, flesh, ability to eat and be touched. He however had the attributes of a spiritual body such as not limited by space or structures such as walls/locked doors.
 

Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? 

 

Yes, Jesus resurrection was bodily. It was however more than just bodily as He had new powers and abilities thus could not be limited by physical structures such as walls and space. 

 

How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? 

 

Jesus resurrected body was similar to His physical body because it had continuity with the old as demonstrated by His wounds and scars. That is why Mary and the disciples could recognise Him. The difference was His new power abilities as mentioned above.

[SoiKosum]

(John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different? 

 

Yes, Jesus was resurrected bodily. Jesus' resurrection body is clearly one that has continuity with the old, but includes new powers and

abilities:

• Has definite physical aspects flesh, bones, the ability to eat food, converse intelligently, and walk for miles on a road.
• Has continuity with the previous body before death. Jesus' wounds in his hands, feet, and side are still clearly visible, and probably still open rather than healed over. The Gospel writers are making utterly clear the nature of a real body, not just the appearance or vision that is not physical or corporeal.
• Jesus could be recognized by others but only when he wanted to be. The timber of his
  voice remained the same
• Is not bound to the physical sphere it can appear and disappear at will, and walk through locked doors. While Jesus' body can relate to the physical world, it is not bound by space and time.

 

[blezed]

(John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?          

• Jesus' resurrection body is one that has continuity with the old, but includes new powers and abilities.
• Yes, Jesus resurrected  bodily.  Jesus resurrected body is similar to his physical body by not being bound to the physical sphere; it can appear, disappear, and walk through locked doors

[Clarence]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

 

Jesus resurrected body is physical and eternal (Philippians 3:21). His resurrected body appeared to be similar to his old body as he showed Thomas the holes in his hands and feet and in his side (John 20:25-27). Jesus also invited the other disciples to look at his side and hands (John 20:20) "....they were overjoyed..." when they recognised him as the Lord. Jusus spoke of his flesh and bones (Luke 24:39) he ate (Luke 24:42-43) and he walked and talked as he did before (Luke 24:15), from the notes. In addition, he could be recognised by others however he seemed to have control of that, as there were occasions when those close to him did not recognise him- the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:15-16). Mary Magdalene did not recognise him at first, perhaps because she was so caught up with her grief. Perhaps she did not recognise him as he would not have had his origional clothes-the ones he was wearing on the night of the arrest. Or perhaps because the sun was still low, on the morning she visited the tomb, she did not recognise him. It could have been a combination of these (this is not origional. The writer read this somewhere). When he spoke her name she knew him (John 20:16)! . The notes add, Jesus could appear to his disciples, even though the doors were locked (John 20:19, 26). He could also disappear and appear at will (Luke 24:31, 36).

[JanMary]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body?

 

It was Jesus physical body with flesh and bones, only with the molecules rearranged so that it was now a spiritual body....the same appearance, but now eternal, never to die again.

 

Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily?

 

Yes, absolutely!

 

How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body?

 

Jesus had breath...He breathed on them and said "receive the Holy Spirit".

Jesus ate, talked, walked, built a fire, and was still dependent upon the Holy Spirit to know where the disciples should throw their nets for a catch.

His flesh after the transformation could still be touched, as when He told Thomas to put his hands in His side and in the wounds in His hands. (I read someplace that Jesus' scars are the only ones which will be in Heaven....everyone else has a new intact body.)

He looked as He did before He was beaten beyond recognition, yet was still recognizable as Jesus.

His voice was the same as before, and recognizable as His.

His mission had not changed...it was still about building the Kingdom of God...only now He'd accomplished the means for us to enter.

 

How is it different?

 

The resurrected body was no longer tied to the earth by gravity.

The atoms which made it up were rearranged so that He could pass though solid matter, yet He was not a "ghost" or apparition.

On the road to Emmaus, He "held the eyes" of the disciples so they didn't recognize Him until He broke bread with them, which was familiar to them.

He was able to ascend to Heaven when it was time for Him to leave.

He could disappear at will and appear at another place without walking there...Much like Philip had been translated from one place to another.

[Jen]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

 

Jesus could still eat, walk, talk, and be touched like He used to be and was still flesh and bones.  His wounds were still visible, and he was recognized by others.

He could now enter through locked doors which He could not do before in His fleshly body.  He was resurrected bodily and there was continuity with His body before death.  Now however he is not bound to the physical sphere.

 

God Bless!

Jen

Numbers 6:24-26

[hanks]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) 

What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to His spiritual body? 

Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? 

How is His resurrected body similar to His physical body? 

How is it different?

Jesus was resurrected bodily – His resurrection body was a real body of flesh and bones. But it had extra powers to act independently of natural laws, as it was not limited by space and time. However, He continued to display the physical characteristics of His pre-resurrection body. For we read that even after His sudden appearance they were startled but they did recognized Him. He showed them the marks on His hands and feet, and the wound cause by the spear. Joy then filled their hearts when they realized it was truly the Lord, and that He had done as He said He would. He had risen from the dead. The big difference was in that His body was everlasting, one never to die again – His victory over death. 

 

[lighthouse2014]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

Jesus relationship to his physical and spiritual body is that after resurrection he still had flesh and bones, he could eat and drink with others. He still had the evidence of the crucifixion visible in his flesh. He could travel from place to place without walking, go through walls and appear at will, thus he was not limited by time and space as we know it.

Jesus was indeed resurrected bodily, but his new body was not bound by limitations of our physical world.

His resurrected body was identical to his physical body before death. Nothing physical in appearance or voice was changed, thus his spiritual body was identical to his physical.

The difference in Jesus now after the resurrection is that he was not limited to time and space. He could still eat, drink and be touched, though I doubt he did not need bodily nourishment as before his death.       

[PeteD]

Lesson 33 question 1

It is very difficult to understand exactly what Jesus' physical body was like post resurrection. We know he had physical substance - matter -  and that he could be touched and handled, and that he ate. Yet unlike substance as we know substance, he was not subject to the laws of physical substance. So in one sense he was raised bodily, yet he had, post resurrection, unusual powers and was not limited to the physical laws as we understand them. Here we can only appreciate the description and accept the seeming paradox, trusting that this mystery will be revealed more fully to us in the future.

[RebeccaMallinson]

I think this is a mystery which we have no right to know as humans.  I therefore do not expect to know about the relationship of Jesus’s physical and spiritual bodies.  Yes, Jesus was resurrected bodily.  His body remained similar in still carrying the scars of his death, ability to eat, ability to walk.  It is different in that he could now do things which an ordinary body cannot do, such as appear in different places, disappear suddenly, come into locked rooms, remain unrecognised to people who were very familiar with him until he decides.

[Stanley Tavaziva]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

 

The Bible is clear that Jesus’ body was resurrected. The tomb was empty He was recognizable to those who knew Him. Jesus showed Himself to all His disciples after His resurrection, and more than 500 people were eyewitnesses to His earthly, post-resurrection presence  In  on the road to Emmaus, two of Jesus’ disciples “were kept from recognizing Him [Jesus].” However, later, “their eyes were opened and they recognized Him”   It’s not that Jesus was unrecognizable; it’s that, for a time, the disciples were supernaturally restrained from recognizing Him.

 

Jesus rose from the dead in the very same physical body in which He died. This resurrected, physical body was a glorified, spiritual body.  The spiritual body is not merely "spirit." The spiritual body is the resurrected, glorified, physical body.

 

It is obvious that Jesus was raised in the same body in which He died--with the same holes in His hands and feet.  We see that Jesus proclaimed He had flesh and bones.  Does a "spirit body" consist of flesh and bones?  Not at all.

[royk]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? How is his body similar to his physical body? How is it different

 

Jesus looked exactly like he did before he was tortured and went to the cross, except he had the holes from the nails in his physical body that one could easily see. Also he was able to walk through walls and into locked rooms. Perhaps he could have done this before, but never had a reason to do it.

 

Jesus had been resurrected bodily, but this "new" body was not bound by limitations of our physical world, as demonstrated by passing through walls, disappearing and reappearing in other physical places. This is a miracle in itself. All that God does is a blessed miracle.

[Joe_Applegarth]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

Yes, He was obviously resurrected bodily.  His resurrected body was flesh and bones, He still maintained the ability to eat, walk and speak intelligently just as before.  Now however, His wounds were clearly visible, and probably still open rather than healed over and He appeared and disappeared at will and even walked through locked doors.
 

[pickledilly]

The body that appeared after the resurrection was the same body that had suffered crucifixion. Jesus' earthly physical body was raised from the dead and bore all the marks of His wounds from the crucifixion. His human physical body was resurrected, and could be touched by others. He ate food, walked, and talked. And yet, His mortal body had been raised to immortality, with new properties that were not bound by any restraint of time or space.

[Old Jerry]

We know that the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body is that it was kind of the same. The only difference that we could see is that he could walk through walls. He was resurrected bodily.

[Godswriter]

Q1. (John 20:19-20) What do we know about the relationship of Jesus’ physical body to his spiritual body? Was Jesus’ resurrected bodily? How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

Jesus described it as flesh and bones (Luke 24:39c).
He could eat (Luke 24:42-43; Acts 1:4).
His body could be touched and handled by others (Matthew 28:9; Luke 24:39b).
He could walk and talk (Luke 24:15), even cook (John 21:9), just as a normal human body.
Yet Jesus' wounds were still visible in his resurrected body (Luke 24:39-40; John 20:20, 25-27).
Jesus could be recognized by others -- but only when he wanted to be. The timber of his voice remained the same (Matthew 28:9; Luke 24:16, 31; John 20:14-16, 20; 21:4, 12).
Jesus could enter locked doors (John 20:19, 26), disappear (Luke 24:31), and appear (Luke 24:36) at will.
Yes He was He had to be or he would not have wounds that are visible and are not healed over. The similarities are his voice, and he could walk and talk however the difference was disappear and reappear at will and enter locked doors. 

[Lisema Ralitsoele]

Q1. (John 20:19-20)

1.    What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body? Like the physical body, the spiritual body consisted of flesh and bones, could eat, could be touched and handled by others, could walk and talk and even cook just as a normal human body and the wounds were still visible. The spiritual body could be recognized by others -- but only when he wanted to be, and the timber of the voice remained the same.

2.     Was Jesus' resurrected bodily? Yes, Jesus was resurrected bodily.

3.     How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? The resurrected body has continuity with the old flesh and bones and all the wounds of the crucifixion.

4.    How is it different? It is different in that it has new powers and abilities- it can appear and disappear at will.

[Jonathan Edwards]

Resurrected bodies do not need openings to.get into houses.  They are spiritual bodies in 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.  They are like spirit beings in 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.   Resurrected ones can appear or disappear at will.  Christ came into the Upper Room when the doors were shut.  Christ  verbally stated peace to His fearful disciples and showed them His hands, feet, and side (Luke 24:39).

Christ was indeed physically resurrected.  He showed them His hands, feet and side.  They heard His familiar loving voice that uttered that familiar greeting "Peace".  However, Christ was able to appear or disappear at will.

[Irmela]

Q1. (John 20:19-20)

What do we know about the relationship of Jesus' physical body to his spiritual body?

Was Jesus' resurrected bodily?

How is his resurrected body similar to his physical body? How is it different?

It was the same body but it was not bound by time and space.  He could enter a room though the door was barred/locked.

The body has substance.  They could touch Him and see and touch the scars in His body.

He ate in their presence.

Jesus was resurrected bodily.

The resurrected body:

Has definite physical aspects -- flesh, bones, the ability to eat food, converse intelligently, and walk for miles on a road.

Has continuity with the previous body before death. Jesus' wounds in his hands, feet, and side are still clearly visible, and probably still open rather than healed over.

Is not bound to the physical sphere -- it can appear and disappear at will, and walk through locked doors. While Jesus' body can relate to the physical world, it is not bound by space and time.

From this we can deduce that it is a continuity of the earthly body in many aspects.