But let no one suppose that Christ changed the form of His face by His Resurrection, but the form is changed when of mortal it becomes immortal, so that this means that He gained a glorious countenance, not that He lost the substance of His countenance. But He was seen of two; because faith in the Resurrection is to be preached and shewn to two people, that is, the Gentiles and the Jews.
There follows: “And they went and told it unto the residue, neither believed they them.”
How are we to understand the words of Mark compared with the account of Luke, that they then said, “The Lord hath risen indeed, and hath appeared unto Simon,” [Luke 24:34] if we do not suppose that there were some there who would not believe?
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Chrysologus