Acts 1:3

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  “But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about the kingdom, his glory remains veiled under the appearance of ordinary humanity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 1:3; 10:41; Mk 16:12; Lk 24:15; Jn 20:14-15; 21:4.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.62Book II

  “But it is recorded in the Acts, that “being seen during forty days,” He expounded to His disciples “the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 3.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies I.3Book I

  “The other eighteen Æons are made manifest in this way: that the Lord, [according to them,] conversed with His disciples for eighteen months after His resurrection from the dead.” — editor's note: This opinion is in positive contradiction to the forty days mentioned by St. Luke (Acts i. 3). But the Valentinians seem to have followed a spurious writing of…

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.26Book IV

  “For thus it was that the Lord discoursed with the disciples after His resurrection from the dead, proving to them from the Scriptures themselves “that Christ must suffer, and enter into His glory, and that remission of sins should be preached in His name throughout all the world.”” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 26, 47. [The walk to Emmaus is the fountain-head of Scriptural exposition, and the forty days (Acts i. 3) is the river that came forth like that…

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “But all is not written, as John confesses, for He had much conversation with them during forty days before His ascension, “being seen of them, and speaking unto them of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” [Acts 1:3]” — the author cites it

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke

  “(Acts 1:3.)” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 95

  “Hence our Lord fasted forty days, forty days He was tempted in the desert, and forty days He was with His disciples after His resurrection.” — editor's note: Acts i. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.5Book II

  “After the resurrection also, it was His will to remain with His disciples on the earth not longer than forty days, continuing to mingle for that space of time with this life of theirs in the way of human intercourse, and partaking along with them of the food needful for…” — editor's note: Acts i. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels III.26Book III

  “…with those other transactions on the first day of the week, that is to say, on the day on which the Lord rose again; whereas, in the Acts of the Apostles, the self-same Luke tells us that the event really took place on the fortieth day after His resurrection.” — editor's note: Acts i. 2–9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 1

  “Forty days after His resurrection did the Lord converse with the disciples, persuading them of the reality of His risen body, whereby He showed that in this life, “wherein we are absent from the Lord” (which the number forty, as has been already said, mystically figures), we have need…” — editor's note: Acts i. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 21

  “This same that is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him going into heaven.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 3–11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 50

  “Because in respect of His bodily presence He associated for forty days with His disciples, and then, having brought them forth for the purpose of beholding and not of following Him, He ascended into heaven, and is no longer here.” — editor's note: Acts i. 3, 9, 10.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 64

  “For, as we find it written in the Acts of the Apostles, He spent forty days with them after His resurrection, going in and out, and eating and drinking: not indeed that He had any experience of hunger and thirst, but even by such evidences confirmed the reality of His flesh, which no longer needed, but still…” — editor's note: Acts i. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 101

  “And on this account, therefore, His words did not mean that He was about to die, and to be withdrawn from their view till His resurrection; but that He was about to go to the Father, which He did after His resurrection, and when, after holding intercourse with them for forty days, He ascended into heaven.” — editor's note: Acts i. 3, 9.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 78

  “(For He was with them, and talked with them forty days, being assembled with them, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God— Acts i. 3, 4 ,)—“because now being in fear, ye give no heed to My words; but then when ye see Me risen again, and converse with Me, ye will be able to learn…” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 18

  “After that, Pentecost is a most joyous space for conferring baptisms; wherein, too, the resurrection of the Lord was repeatedly proved among the disciples, and the hope of the advent of the Lord indirectly pointed to, in that, at that time, when He had been received back into the heavens, the…” — editor's note: Frequentata, i.e. by His frequent appearance. See Acts i. 3, δι᾽ ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς.

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Jerome

• Jerome, To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem

  “But what are we to think of a man saying that our Lord ate with the Apostles for forty days after His resurrection in order that they might not think Him to be a phantom, and then asserting that it was a phantom which did this very thing, which ate and which was seen by many in the flesh.” — editor's note: Ib. 3.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• 1 Corinthians 15:4

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• 1 Corinthians 15:5

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• 1 Corinthians 15:6

  Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 15:7

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• 1 Corinthians 15:8

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• Psalm 90:4

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 64.

• Jeremiah 31:8

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 18.

• Matthew 28:20

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Mark 14:13

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 18.

• Mark 16:14

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 9:30

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 18.

• Luke 22:10

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 18.

• Luke 24:4

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 18.

• Luke 24:36

  Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 24:37

  Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 24:38

  Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 24:40

  Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).

• John 13:36

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 64.

• John 20:26

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.

• John 21:14

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 28:16–20 (Catena Aurea).