Luke 24:38

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having. And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat? And they gave him a piece of broiled fish. And he took it and ate before them.

This was the overwhelming, absolutely convincing, undeniable, objective proof that Jesus rose from the dead. No wonder they believed it. Christ here established the fact of his resurrection in the intelligent faith of his apostles, the same being the foundation which no man could lay, "which is Christ the Lord" (1 Corinthians 3:11).

See my hands and my feet ... This is as near as the New Testament comes to saying that the feet of Jesus were nailed to the cross; but in conjunction with the prophecy in Psalms 22:16, the evidence is conclusive to the effect that they were indeed nailed to the cross.

Wherefore do questionings arise ... The omniscience of Jesus, as so frequently during his ministry, was conspicuous in this reply, not to the words of his apostles but to their inward questionings.

He took and ate ... We shall not discuss the post-resurrection body of Jesus, because we know nothing of it; and it is quite evident from the writings of men who have delved into the matter that this ignorance is by no means unique. The wisdom of God has concealed many things, and among them is the exact nature and qualities of the post-resurrection body, either of Jesus or of ourselves in the hereafter. Perfectly evident in the account here is the ability to appear and disappear at will, the ability to pass through doors without their opening, and the ability to be recognized or unrecognized at will.

The reality of the resurrection is absolutely proved by Luke's record here. See article at end of chapter on "The Four Witnesses Agree."