And going near, Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightaway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand ... and after six days Jesus told him what to do, and in the evening the youth comes to him ... and he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God. And thence, having arisen (ἀναστὰς), he returned to the other side of the Jordan.
The mystery rite is the resurrection and clearly according to Clement the basis for the Alexandrian baptism rite so "after the resurrection (μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν)," he says, "they do not marry and are not given in marriage." (Clement Stromata 3.47.1) And then, making clear that his opponents who share some non-canonical gospel understood themselves to have gone through 'the resurrection' mentioned in that gospel, Clement adds "If, as they claim, they have already partook in the resurrection (τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἀπειλήφασιν) ..." (ibid 3.48.1). And again, "Similarly, they cite the dictum "The children of this age do not marry and are not given in marriage." But if anyone ponders over this answer about the resurrection of the dead, he will find that the Lord is not rejecting marriage, but is purging the expectation of physical desire in the resurrection." (ibid 3.87.1,2)
"Zacchaeus as fruit; the fruit of its own nature it gave not, but it yielded one rational fruit!" [Ephrem On the Nativity]
"Zacchaeus in the sycamore is, so to say, a new fruit of a new age" Ambrose on Luke 19.15]
dating back to conversations with his grandfather, Gaston Frank. "He said we represent one of the last descendants of the Frankist Jewish faith in the world," he muses. "I grew up thinking that our family was something like the Last of the Mohicans."