If they had been conducting a seance, they might have been ready for Jesus’ appearance in that secret and secured room. If they had been sitting around a table, hands joined together as one of them (perhaps Peter) mouthed incantations: "Speak to us, Lord! Come to us as you promised that you would," they wouldn’t have been scared out of their wits. But all of a sudden, there he was, standing right among them. No wonder they thought he was a ghost. That was just about the only way that he could come back to them, wasn’t it? Human beings just don’t return from the dead, let alone suddenly appear in a room where the windows are closed and the door locked. Only spirits are able to do that sort of thing. But there he was among them again and talking to them as he used to. They had good reasons t…