NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Luke 24:39

Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

When, for instance, He came to those who were with Peter, He said to them, "Lay hold, handle Me, and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit."[19]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

When, for instance, He came to those who were with Peter, He said to them, "Lay hold, handle Me, and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit."[21]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans "For a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have."[22]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

He does not speak these words of some spiritual and invisible man, for a spirit has not bones nor flesh;[16]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

But what need of so tortuous a construction, when He might have simply said, "A spirit hath not bones, even as you observe that I have not? "Why, moreover, does He offer His hands and His feet for their examination-limbs which consist of bones-if He had no bones? Why, too, does He add, "Know that it is I myself,"[1699]

Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

A phantom, too, it was of course after the resurrection, when, showing His hands and His feet for the disciples to examine, He said, "Behold and see that it is I myself, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have; "[81]

Tertullian To His Wife Book I

To God their beauty, to God their youth (is dedicated). With Him they live; with Him they converse; Him they "handle"[39]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

For He, having risen, and being desirous to show that that same (body) had been raised which had also died, when His disciples were in doubt, called Thomas to Him, and said, "Reach hither; handle me, and see: for a spirit hath not bone and flesh, as ye see me have."[457]

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Luke 24:39

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