¹⁹ It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'

²⁰ and this having said, he shewed them his hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the Lord.

²¹ Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

²² and this having said, he breathed on [them], and saith to them, `Receive the Holy Spirit;

²³ if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

²⁴ And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came;

²⁵ the other disciples, therefore, said to him, `We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, `If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.'