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Was he readily recognized by his friends?
Matthew, Luke and John: He was not.
Matthew says that when his disciples met him in Galilee, after having gone there for the express purpose of meeting him, “some doubted” ([xxviii, 17]). Luke says that two of his friends journeyed with him from Jerusalem to Emmaus, conversing with him on the way, and notwithstanding they had been informed of his resurrection, they did not recognize him until after they had reached the village. John says that when Mary Magdalene met him she “knew not that it was Jesus, ... supposing him to be the gardener” ([xx, 14, 15]); and when he met his disciples at the Lake of Tiberius they “knew not that it was Jesus” ([xxi, 4]).