ACC ~ John 2 v22

THE SON, BEING GOD, RAISED UP HIS OWN BODY

AMBROSE: It was not the Father who divested himself of the flesh; for not the Father, but, as we read, the Word was made flesh. [1] You see, then, that the Arians, in dividing the Father from the Son, run into danger of saying that the Father endured passion. We, however, can easily show that the words treat of the Son’s action, for the Son himself indeed raised his own body again, as he himself said: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” And he himself quickens us together with his body: “For as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, so also the Son quickens whom he will.” [2] … He, therefore, who has achieved the work of our resurrection, is plainly pointed out to be truly God. ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 3.2.13-14. [3]

[1] Jn 1:14.

[2] Jn 5:21.

[3] NPNF 2 10:244*.

THE FATHER AND THE SON ARE ONE

AUGUSTINE: See that he was God, equal with the Father. My brothers, the apostle says, “who raised him from the dead.” [1] About whom is he speaking? About the Father. He says, “He became obedient unto death, even to death on a cross. For this reason, God also has raised him from the dead and has given him the name that is above every name.” [2] The Lord was raised up again and exalted. He raised him up again. Who? The Father, to whom he said in the Psalms, “Raise me up, and I shall requite them.” [3] Therefore the Father raised him up again. Did he [the Son] not raise himself? But what does the Father do without the Word? What does the Father do without his only One? For hear that he also was God: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Did he say, “Destroy the temple which the Father will raise up in three days”? But just as when the Father raises up, the Son, too, raises up; so also when the Son raises up, the Father, too, raises up, because the Son said, “I and the Father are one.” [4] TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 10.11.3. [5]

[1] Gal 1:1; Col 2:12.

[2] Phil 2:8-9.

[3] See Ps 41:10 (40:11 LXX, Vg).

[4] Jn 10:30.

[5] FC 78:222-23*.

JESUS RESURRECTS HIS BODY IN HARMONY WITH THE FATHER

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Even though it is said that the Father raises Christ, the meaning of this expression is not dubious. The unity that is between them both in all operations causes both Father and Son to be attributed with equal rights. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 1.2.21. [1]

[1] CSCO 4 3:62.