John 20:25

When the rest of us told him that we had seen the Lord, he said to us, “If I do not see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the place where the nails were, and put my hands into the place in his side where the soldier thrust the spear, I will certainly not believe that he was the one you saw!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

In Context

24One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us.

26A week later we were in the house again. This time Thomas was with us. Although the doors had been locked { we had locked the doors}, Jesus again appeared miraculously and stood among us. He said, “May God give peace to you!”

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Cross References

Job 9:16If I summoned him to come to the courtroom and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.

Psalms 78:32In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he would take care of them.

Psalms 106:21They forgot about God, who had rescued them by the great miracles that he performed in Egypt.

Matthew 27:42“He claims that he saved others [IRO] from their sicknesses, but he cannot help himself!” “He says that he is [IRO] the King of Israel. So he should come down from the cross. Then we would believe him!”

Luke 24:25He said to them, “ You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah!

John 1:41After Andrew left Jesus, the first thing he did was to find his own older brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!”

Matthew Henry on John 20:20-26

Christ with His Disciples. 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed… Read the whole commentary →

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