several issues here. Maybe they deserve a thread of their own. If you think so, then you can start the new thread. But here goes with first issue:
write to know says: I don’t know whether that means they actually appeared in the physical form or whether they appeared in some form where you could appear or disappear. And if that’s the case, they would be in some kind of glorified form.
matthew 17:2 describes the transfiguration:
2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. (so now, this is like something from x-files)
yet, immediately after he arose from the grave, this is his appearance: John 20:15-16
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
(and now...what's this? Jesus in overalls? certainly his appearance is very much altered or disguised. Does she recognize him from his voice? Or a mannerism? Or something x-file-ish he does?)
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
(now, Mark 16:12...still a different appearance.)
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
12 Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country . 13 These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
This also raises a new question. I think JWs have been told that they will be resurrected in the same body----only it will be perfected, and also told there will be no trouble recognizing one another. So how can this be validated? Even Jesus was not recognizable in resurrection!