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Appearance to the
Disciples, Thomas, and Conclusion
JN 20:19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples
were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, "Peace be with you."
When he had said this, he showed them his hands
and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with
you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
And when he had said this, he breathed on them
and said to them,
"Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained."
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, "We have
seen the Lord."
But he said to them,
"Unless I see the mark of the nails in his
hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not
believe."
Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, "Peace
be with you."
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger
here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe."
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord
and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you come to
believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have
believed."
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence
of his disciples
that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may come to
believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that through this belief you may have life
in his name.
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