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On the Resurrection, Fragments

Justin Martyr

Chapter 9

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Author: Justin Martyr

Chapter IX.—The resurrection of Christ proves that the body rises.

If He had no need of the flesh, why

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did

He

heal

it

?

And

what

is

most

forcible

of

all

,

He

raised

the

dead

.

Why

?

Was

it

not

to

show

what

the

resurrection

should

be

?

How

then

did

He

raise

the

dead

?

Their

souls

or

their

bodies

?

Manifestly

both

.

If

the

resurrection

were

only

spiritual

,

it

was

requisite

that

He

,

in

raising

the

dead

,

should

show

the

body

lying

apart

by

itself

,

and

the

soul

living

apart

by

itself

.

But

now

He

did

not

do

so

,

but

raised

the

body

,

confirming

in

it

the

promise

of

life

.

Why

did

He

rise

in

the

flesh

in

which

He

suffered

,

unless

to

show

the

resurrection

of

the

flesh

?

And

wishing

to

confirm

this

,

when

His

disciples

did

not

know

whether

to

believe

He

had

truly

risen

in

the

body

,

and

were

looking

upon

Him

and

doubting

,

He

said

to

them

,

“

Ye

have

not

yet

faith

,

see

that

it

is

I

;

”

and

He

let

them

handle

Him

,

and

showed

them

the

prints

of

the

nails

in

His

hands

.

And

when

they

were

by

every

kind

of

proof

persuaded

that

it

was

Himself

,

and

in

the

body

,

they

asked

Him

to

eat

with

them

,

that

they

might

thus

still

more

accurately

ascertain

that

He

had

in

verity

risen

bodily

;

and

He

did

eat

honey

-

comb

and

fish

.

And

when

He

had

thus

shown

them

that

there

is

truly

a

resurrection

of

the

flesh

,

wishing

to

show

them

this

also

,

that

it

is

not

impossible

for

flesh

to

ascend

into

heaven

(

as

He

had

said

that

our

dwelling

-

place

is

in

heaven

)

,

“

He

was

taken

up

into

heaven

while

they

beheld

,

”

as

He

was

in

the

flesh

.

If

,

therefore

,

after

all

that

has

been

said

,

any

one

demand

demonstration

of

the

resurrection

,

he

is

in

no

respect

different

from

the

Sadducees

,

since

the

resurrection

of

the

flesh

is

the

power

of

God

,

and

,

being

above

all

reasoning

,

is

established

by

faith

,

and

seen

in

works

.

Notes

20
Comp. Luke xxiv. 32, etc.
21
Acts i. 9.