And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said unto them,
Peace be unto you.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
Here then was a most evident sign that He whom they now see was none other but the same whom they had seen dead on the cross, and lain in the sepulcher, who knew every thing that was in man.
Now our Lord testifying that death was overcome, and human nature had now in Christ put on in corruption, first shows them His hands and His feet, and the print of the nails; as it follows, Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.