John
Chapter 20: 19-31
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19On the
evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors
locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with
you!" 20After he said this, he showed them
his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21Again
Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." 22And with that he breathed on them and said,
"Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive
anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not
forgiven."
Jesus Appears to Thomas
24Now
Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen
the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks
in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will
not believe it."
26A week
later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors
were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here;
see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and
believe."
28Thomas
said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
29Then
Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have believed."
30Jesus
did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded
in this book. 31But these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have
life in his name.
