But they were terrified and affrightened, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. Here again, the Watchtower Society badly asserts that Jesus materialized a body, but as noted earlier there is no Scriptural evidence to back this misguided claim and it completely ignores the clear context and plain meaning of the words of our Lord. A brief look at these will show that their position is quite superficial. A favorite text is 1 Cor. Under close examination we can see that in each case the writer is speaking not of literal flesh and blood, but of natural man.
Natural man needs to be born again.
The proposition is set forth that Jesus was raised from the dead as a spirit. The Jehovah's Witnesses also use the two accounts of Jesus not being recognized by those who knew Him as proof of being resurrected in a different form. This position, however, comes form shallow Bible study, twisting Scriptures and using verses out of context. This can only mean that it was the same body, because Jesus had supernaturally veiled their eyes. We can clearly see the Scriptures tell us the disciples did not know Jesus because He did not will it so.