Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were [assembled], for fear of the Jews. [The word enclosed in brackets - х suneegmenoi (G4863)] - is probably not genuine.]
Came Jesus and stood in the midst. That this was not an entrance in the ordinary way is manifest not only from the very special manner of expression, but from the corresponding language of Luke 24:36. But there is no need to fancy any penetrating through the doors, as several of the Fathers did and some still do: far less reason is there to fear that by holding that He appeared among them without doing so we compromise the reality of His resurrection-body. The natural way of viewing it is to conclude that the laws of the resurrection-body are different from those of "flesh and blood," and that according to these the risen Saviour, without any miracle, but in the exercise of a power competent to the risen body, presented Himself among the assembled disciples.
And saith unto them, Peace be unto you - not the mere wish that even His own exalted peace might be theirs (John 14:27); but conveying it into their hearts, even as He "opened their understandings to understand the Scriptures" (Luke 24:45).