 But sure enough, there was Jesus alive, and he appeared to them not just once or twice. No, he showed up everywhere. Mary saw him at the empty tomb. Then he walked with two disciples on the route to Emmaus. Then he joined the disciples in the upper room. And because Thomas wasn't there the first time, he returned to the upper room a second time. And he wasn't just a spirit. He ate with the disciples. He invited Thomas to put his hand in the wound in his side and examine his hands where the spikes had been.