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With this statement, Jesus was not only reaching out to Thomas, but is reaching out to all future believers (cf. John 17:20–24) and embraces them all. [3] The followers of Jesus since the time of Jesus rely on 'secure evidence' (Scripture, the witness of the church through the ages, personal experiences in faith) without having actually seen ...
John 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. It relates the story of Jesus' resurrection. It relates how Mary Magdalene went to the tomb of Jesus and found it empty. Jesus appears to her and speaks of his resurrection and dispatches Mary to tell the news to the disciples. Jesus then appears to his disciples.
The disciples kept telling (Greek imperfect word: elegon, in the sense of "attempted to tell" [2]) their vision of Jesus ("We have seen the Lord"), just like what Mary did in John 20:18. [3] Thomas has shown his difficulties to understand Jesus in John 11:16 and John 14:15, and this time he hesitated when confronted with the resurrection ...
Jesus granted Thomas's demands to verify his crucifixion, marks: [3] the marks of the nails in Jesus' hands and the pierced hole on his side . [4] It surely shocked Thomas that Jesus knows exactly his problem as every letter of his requirements for physical verification ( John 20:25 ) is met and spoken back to him with uncanny precision.
John 20:28 is the twenty-eighth verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. It is part of a description of what the book says is Jesus ' reappearance to the disciples , including Thomas , eight days after his resurrection .
This week may correspond to the first week in John 1:19–2:1 and the last week before his death in John 12:1–19:31 [3] The doors were again "locked",(Greek perfect verb: κεκλεισμένων , kekleismenōn ; same as in John 20:19 ) indicating the continuous fear among the disciples, [ 2 ] but Jesus could enter and be in their midst.
John 20:1 is the first verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. John 20 covers the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion . In this verse Mary Magdalene visits Jesus' tomb and finds it opened.
John 20:23 is the twenty-third verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. It records Jesus giving the power of forgiveness to the apostles during his first appearance after the resurrection .