Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Origen/Origen Against Celsus/Book II/Chapter LXII

Chapter LXII.

Now it followed from all the predictions which were uttered regarding Him&#8212;amongst which was this prediction of the resurrection&#8212;and, from all that was done by Him, and from all the events which befell Him, that this event should be marvellous above all others.&#160; For it had been said beforehand by the prophet in the person of Jesus:&#160; &#8220;My flesh shall rest in hope, and Thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, and wilt not suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.&#8221; &#160; And truly, after His resurrection, He existed in a body intermediate, as it were, between the grossness of that which He had before His sufferings, and the appearance of a soul uncovered by such a body.&#160; And hence it was, that when His disciples were together, and Thomas with them, there &#8220;came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.&#160; Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,&#8221; etc.&#160; And in the Gospel of Luke also, while Simon and Cleopas were conversing with each other respecting all that had happened to them, Jesus &#8220;drew near, and went with them.&#160; And their eyes were holden, that they should not know Him.&#160; And He said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk?&#8221;&#160; And when their eyes were opened, and they knew Him, then the Scripture says, in express words, &#8220;And He vanished out of their sight.&#8221; &#160; And although Celsus may wish to place what is told of Jesus, and of those who saw Him after His resurrection, on the same level with imaginary appearances of a different kind, and those who have invented such, yet to those who institute a candid and intelligent examination, the events will appear only the more miraculous.