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 dispelled that  notion  saying:  "  See  by  My  hands  and feet  that  it  is  I,  Myself;  handle  and  see,  for  a  spirit hath  not  flesh  and  bones  as  you  see  Me  to  have." St. John tells  us  the  Apostles  and  disciples  "  as  yet  knew not  the  Scriptures  that  He  must  rise  again  from  the dead." They did  not  expect  and  could  hardly  believe His  body  had  arisen,  though  the  fact  that  His ignominious death  had  not  shaken  their  faith  in  Him seems to  prove  they  looked  for  His  return  in  some spiritual, ghostly  shape. But now  their  error  is  corrected, for  there  is  Jesus  as  in  life  standing  in  their midst. Some wondrous  change  has  taken  place  indeed, for  lo! He comes  and  goes,  the  doors  being closed, but  still  it  is  the  solid  human  body  of  the Saviour, wounded  in  hands  and  feet  and  side. And not His  body  only  but  His  soul,  for  by  eating,  conversing and  expounding  Scripture  He  shows  Himself endowed  with  vegetative,  sentient,  and  rational existence. And not  His  body  and  soul  alone, but His  divinity,  too,  as  was  proved  at  the  sea  of Tiberias,  where  He  repeated  for  the  weary  fishermen the  miraculous  draught  of  fishes. Certainly on the  score  of  knowledge  of  the  event,  our  witnesses are beyond  reproach. But were  they  over-credulous, perhaps? " Oh  foolish  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe "  were  the  words  with  which  Christ  Himself  upbraided their  incredulity. For when  the  women  returned to  tell  of  the  empty  tomb,  of  the  angels  and the folded  cloths  therein,  the  Apostles  rejected  their words as  idle  tales,  nor  did  they  credit  even  Peter  and John, nor  Magdalen  who  came  just  then  from  speak-