Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew Mark and Luke John Calvin (continued)
Mark 16:13,14 Luke 24:31-40
MARK 16:13,14; LUKE 24:31-40
Mark 16:13-14
Luke 24:31-40
13. And they went away and told it to the rest, but neither did they believe them.
14. Afterwards he appeared to the eleven while they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he was risen.
31. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; 1645 and he vanished from their eyes. 1646 32. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked to us on the road, and opened to us the Scriptures? 33.
And they arose in the same hour, 1647 and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven assembled, and those who were with them, 34. Saying, The Lord is actually risen, and hath appeared to Simon. 35. Then they related what had taken place on the road, and how he had been recognized by them in the breaking of bread. 36. And while they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace be to you. 37. But they were terrified and affrighted, and thought that they saw a spirit. 38. And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me have. 40.
And having said these things, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Luke 24:31. And their eyes were opened. By these words, we are taught that there was not in Christ any metamorphosis, or variety of forms, by which he might impose on the eyes of men, (as the poets feign their Proteus,) but that, on the contrary, the eyes of beholders were mistaken, because they were covered; just as, shortly afterwards, he vanished from the eyes of those very persons, not because his body was in itself invisible, but because God, by withdrawing their rigor, blunted their acuteness. Nor ought we to wonder that Christ, as soon as he was recognized, immediately disappeared; for it was not advantageous that they should any longer
1645"Tellement qu'ils le recognurent;" — "in such a manner that they recognized him." 1646"Mais il s'esvanouit de devant eux;" — "but he vanished from before them." 1647"Au mesme instant;" — "that very instant."