Did you when on earth know of a doctrine held by some, namely, that the body of Jesus was not a human body, but one similar to those in which spirits are making themselves visible to mortal sight in certain circles in London?
I never heard of such a doctrine in my day. Jesus had a body such as you have. He felt as you feel—He had all the feelings peculiar to humanity. Had it been made up only for the time being, those who hold such a doctrine have got to explain how it was left hanging on the Cross, and not dissolved when the Spirit left it. But doubtless, it underwent some chemical change in the tomb.
Your sacred books say it saw no corruption, and that statement is assuredly correct.
That same body that hung on the Cross He used when He appeared to his followers. He needed not to appear in such a body as that referred to by you—He was so spiritual in character that He possessed even in His human form almost all the powers of a disembodied spirit. Then again, as evidence to some that doubted, He showed them the wounds in his body, proving that it was the same body that had been nailed to the Cross. They needed to be confirmed in all that they, as disciples, had seen and heard, so that they might be fully armed in going forth on their mission to the world. We know, however, that his earthly body was dissolved in the act of ascension.
—Hafed, Prince of Persia

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