20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.(A) The disciples were overjoyed(B) when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!(C) As the Father has sent me,(D) I am sending you.”(E) 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.(F) 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”(G)

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24 Now Thomas(H) (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So 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) I will not believe.”(J)

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:24 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.

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