# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S56
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56 Proceedings of the nineteenth convention

saw the wound-marks in his hands, which Jesus afterward also showed to the unbelieving Thomas.

i. We hear that the two disciples, immediately after the Lord had vanished from them, hastened back to Jerusalem, where they arrived in deep night and were received by the Eleven, and by those who were with them, with the joyful greeting: "The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon." This points us, then, to the fact that in the meantime, whether before the Lord joined the Emmaus disciples or right after he had vanished from their sight, a fourth appearance had taken place, which concerned Peter in particular, of which, however, we know nothing further. But this very thing, that Jesus, as he could by the nature of his glorified body, appeared now here, now there and vanished again, let himself be recognized at once or not, as he chose, this very thing in some measure explains to us also why those who heard of these appearances found them now credible, now incredible; and this shows itself also

k. in the fifth appearance, which followed the same evening, when Jesus suddenly stood in their midst, without the door, shut for fear of the Jews, having had to be opened. Here we do hear that the disciples were glad that they saw the Lord (so he let himself be recognized by them), but that at the same time they were seized with fear and thought they saw a spirit. We hear that the Lord bids them see and feel and shows them hands and feet, and that they still did not believe for joy, until he convinced them beyond refutation that he lives, also by eating with them of broiled fish and of a honeycomb. On this point also, that on the first day, after he had appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the other women, to the Emmaus disciples and to Peter, the Lord was also seen by all the apostles, we see the apostles later lay weight and emphasis. In the house of Cornelius Peter testifies to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that he appeared "not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead."

If we thus put together the reports of the four evangelists about the first Easter day, everything fits nicely and well, and no room remains for a contradiction.