John 20:19

When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

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Cross References

Psalms 85:8I will hear what God, the LORD, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

Matthew 10:13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

Mark 16:14Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

John 7:13Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

John 14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Matthew Henry on John 20:12-19

The Resurrection. 11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was… Read the whole commentary →

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