John 20:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then he said to Thomas,“Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe.”

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  • John 20:25 : 25 The other disciples told him,“We have seen the Lord!” But he replied,“Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!”
  • Luke 24:40 : 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
  • John 20:20 : 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,
  • 1 Tim 1:14-16 : 14 and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life– 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).
  • Ps 78:38 : 38 Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
  • Ps 103:13-14 : 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on his faithful followers. 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered them,“You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
  • Luke 9:41 : 41 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

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    24 The Response of Thomas Now Thomas(called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

    25 The other disciples told him,“We have seen the Lord!” But he replied,“Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!”

    26 Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said,“Peace be with you!”

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    28 Thomas replied to him,“My Lord and my God!”

    29 Jesus said to him,“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

    30 Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

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    19 Jesus’ Appearance to the Disciples On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.”

    20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

    21 So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

    22 And after he said this, he breathed on them and said,“Receive the Holy Spirit.

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    36 Jesus Makes a Final Appearance While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.”

    37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

    38 Then he said to them,“Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

    39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”

    40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

    41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”

  • John 20:8-9
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    8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.

    9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

  • 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him,“You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

  • 16 So Thomas(called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples,“Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”

  • 1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

  • 14 Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

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    34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.

    35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

  • John 14:9-11
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    9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?

    10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

  • 7 But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”

  • 40 And he said to them,“Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

  • 37 Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[

  • 17 Jesus replied,“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

  • 31 Jesus replied,“Do you now believe?

  • 5 Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

  • 11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

  • 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • 15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

  • 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

  • 20 But he said to them,“It is I. Do not be afraid.”

  • John 20:5-6
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    5 He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

    6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,

  • 40 Jesus responded,“Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”

  • 50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

  • 37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”

  • 22 Jesus said to them,“Have faith in God.

  • 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.

  • 29 Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”

  • 3 To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

  • 38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

  • 48 So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

  • 20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.