THE REVELATION

OF THE

RISEN LORD.

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THE REVELATION

OF THE

RISEN LORD.

BY

BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT, D.D., D.C.L.,

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY, CAMBRIDGE,

CANON OF PETERBOROUGH,

AND CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY ΤΟ THE QUEEN.

London and Cambridge:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1881

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C1391.8.45 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

1852, Aug. 3. "Walker fund.

ΤΙ ΖΗΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ τὸν ΖῶΝΤΑ ΜΕΤΑ Τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε ἀλλὰ ἀγέρθη.

Why seek ye the Living among the dead? He is not here but is risen.

LUKE xxiv. 6.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A., AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

PAGE

iii

ix

INTRODUCTORY.

THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE REVELATION

AND OF THE RECORD.

The fact of the Resurrection assumed

1. The Record of the Revelation of the Risen Christ

Two groups of the Manifestations of the Risen Lord.

The discipline of human love

The confession of love welcomed and interpreted

The message of the Resurrection I ascend.

Present importance of this first revelation.

APPENDIX TO I.

The appearances to the women and to Mary Magdalene