Saint John - Chapter 20
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| Christ appears to the eleven. J-J tissot |
Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to you.
[20] Et cum hoc dixisset, ostendit eis manus et latus. Gavisi sunt discipuli, viso Domino.
And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
From The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by J-J Tissot (1897)
Yet another very striking apparition of Jesus is recorded, which took place shortly after He vanished away at Emmaus on the evening succeeding the Sabbath. The doors were closed, yet He passed through them without effort, thanks to the new conditions of His life since His Resurrection, and suddenly stood in their midst. It was indeed He, and to prove it He showed them His hands and His pierced side, the disciples recognizing Him joyfully. Whereas He had previously appeared to about one or at the most two or three at a time, He now manifested Himself to the infant Church, which fact alone is a very valuable argument in favour of the reality of the Resurrection. Saint Luke, with his usual tact, understood this well, and that is why he gives to his narrative something of the seal of a medical statement: "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had the spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, have ye any meat? And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honey comb. And he took it, and did eat before them."
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam
Ad Jesum per Mariam
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