Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

Chapter 3

  1. 1 For I know and believe that He was in the flesh even after the resurrection;
  2. 2 and when He came to Peter and his company, He said to them, _Lay hold and handle me, and see that I am not a demon without body._ And straightway they touched Him, and they believed, being joined unto His flesh and His blood. Wherefore also they despised death, nay they were found superior to death.
  3. 3 And after His resurrection He [both] ate with them and drank with them as one in the flesh, though spiritually He was united with the Father. CHAPTER 4