Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have."

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!"

Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.