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On the Resurrection, Fragments

Justin Martyr

Chapter 4

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Author: Justin Martyr

Chapter IV.—Must the deformed rise deformed?

Well, they say, if then the flesh rise,

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it

must

rise

the

same

as

it

falls

;

so

that

if

it

die

with

one

eye

,

it

must

rise

one

-

eyed

;

if

lame

,

lame

;

if

defective

in

any

part

of

the

body

,

in

this

part

the

man

must

rise

deficient

.

How

truly

blinded

are

they

in

the

eyes

of

their

hearts

!

For

they

have

not

seen

on

the

earth

blind

men

seeing

again

,

and

the

lame

walking

by

His

word

.

All

things

which

the

Saviour

did

,

He

did

in

the

first

place

in

order

that

what

was

spoken

concerning

Him

in

the

prophets

might

be

fulfilled

,

“

that

the

blind

should

receive

sight

,

and

the

deaf

hear

,

”

and

so

on

;

but

also

to

induce

the

belief

that

in

the

resurrection

the

flesh

shall

rise

entire

.

For

if

on

earth

He

healed

the

sicknesses

of

the

flesh

,

and

made

the

body

whole

,

much

more

will

He

do

this

in

the

resurrection

,

so

that

the

flesh

shall

rise

perfect

and

entire

.

In

this

manner

,

then

,

shall

those

dreaded

difficulties

of

theirs

be

healed

.

Notes

5
Isa. xxxv. 5.