Gr. pneuma (see on ch. 8:55). When Jesus came to this earth He did not divest Himself of His divine nature (see on John 1:14), and when He returned to the Father He bore with Him the likeness of humanity (see DA 832). He “ascended to heaven, bearing a sanctified, holy humanity. He took this humanity with Him into the heavenly courts, and through the eternal ages He will bear it, as the One who has redeemed every human being in the city of God” (EGW RH March 9, 1905).

 Jesus offered sensory evidence of three kinds in order to convince the disciples that He was a real, material being even after His resurrection. Sight, hearing, and the sense of touch were combined to provide assurance that He was a real being and not an apparition or a figment of an overwrought imagination. In the resurrected, glorified body of Jesus we have an example of what we will be like in the resurrection (see 1 Cor. 15:22, 23; cf. 1 John 3:1, 2).

 Here was undeniable evidence that the One who now appeared to them alive was none other than their crucified Lord. Jesus was patient with them in their slowness to comprehend (see on v. 35), and provided them with tangible evidence on which to base their faith. It was this confidence in the reality of the resurrection that imparted convincing power to the message the apostles bore (see 1 John 1:1, 2; 5:20; cf. Luke 24:48).

It is here implied that Jesus‘ feet, as well as His hands, were pierced with nails.