Being attentive to detail, as
behooves careful historians, we notice that the testimony is confusing and even inconsistent: the post-resurrection Jesus appears and vanishes like a spirit (Luke 24:31, 36 - 7;
John 20:26), yet he can eat solid food (Luke 24:43); he can be touched (Matthew 28:9), and he can not be touched (
John 20:17); it was indeed Jesus, but they do not recognize him at first (Luke 24:15 f;
John 20:14, 21:4).