Joseph And The Resurrection

Et accesserunt, inquit, ad illum, et dixit: Ego sum Joseph frater vester, quem vos tradidistis in Aegyptum. Nunc ergo nolite moesti esse, neque obis durum videatur, quoniam huc me vendidistis. Ad vitam enim vestram misit me Deus ante vos. Quam fraterna pietas, quam dulcis germanitas, ut etiam parricidale excusaret admissum, dicens divinae illud providentiae fuisse, non impietatis humanae: quandoquidem non ab hominibus oblatus ad mortem, sed a Domino missus sit ad vitam. Quid aliud habet illa Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui fratres omnes pietate superavit, in cruce positi intercessio pro plebe, dicentis: Pater, dimitte illis; non enim sciunt quid faciunt? Quid aliud illa appellatio sanctitatis in medio discipulorum dicentis: Pax vobis: ego sum, nolite timere? Et cum conturbati et conterriti existimarent se spiritum videre, iterum dixit ad illos: Quid turbatis estis, et quare cogitationes ascendunt in corda vestra? Videte, ecce manus meas, et pedes meos, quia ego sum ipse. Palpate, et videte, quia spiritus carnem et ossa non habet, sicut me videtis habere. Haec ergo jam tunc futura posterioribus temporibus mysteria revelata sunt. Sanctus Ambrosius Mediolanensis, De Jospeph Patriarca, Caput XII Source: Migne PL 14.667c-668a

And they came near to him and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold off to Egypt. Now do not be troubled, nor let it seem hard to you, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you for your life.' 1 What fraternal piety, what sweet fellowship, that he would even excuse a murderous deed in saying it was a matter of Divine providence and not human wickedness, and that he was not handed over to death by men but sent by the Lord for life. Does this not have something of our Lord Jesus Christ in it, He who exceeded all brothers in piety and who placed on the cross prayed for the people, saying, 'Forgive them, Father, for they do not know what they do?' 2 Does it not have something of that appeal of sanctity which in the midst of the disciples said, 'Be at peace. It is me. Do not be afraid.'? And when they were troubled and thought him a ghost, again He said to them, 'Why are you troubled and why do your thoughts leap up in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, it is me. Touch and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and blood, as you see I have.' 3 Therefore even then the mysteries that were to come to be in later times were already revealed. Saint Ambrose, On The Patriarch Joseph, Chapter 12 1 Gen 45.4-5 2 Lk 23.34 3 Lk 23.38-39