It is not said what disciples, whether any of the apostles, or some others, told Thomas of this appearing of the Lord unto them. But Thomas eminently declareth his unbelief, which argues him as yet much ignorant of the Deity of Christ, and having given too little heed to what Christ had told them of his rising again the third day.
EXCEPT I SHALL SEE ... - It is not known what was the ground of the incredulity of Thomas. It is probable, however, that it was, in part, at least, the effect of deep grief, and of that despondency wh...
CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The Empty Sepulchre. (John 20:1 .)_ 2. The Risen One and Mary of Magdala. (John 20:11 .) 3. The Gathered Company and He in the midst. (John 20:19 .) 4. The Second Time. ...
THE COMING TO THE DISCIPLES. The first Christian Sunday is spent in Jerusalem, where the disciples are in hiding. The interpretation of Mark 14:50 as implying an immediate flight of the apostles to Ga...
HE SAID UNTO THEM..... WILL NOT BELIEVE. At some time during the week they meet him and tell their joyful story, but he meets it with skepticism. He will believe no man, not even his eyes; he must fe...
BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...
But Thomas, who is called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." He said to them: "Unless I see the print of the nails in...
EXCEPT. If... not. Greek _ean me._ App-118 and App-105 PRINT. Greek. _tupos,_ type. Elsewhere translated figure, fashion, example, &c. PUT. Greek _ballo,_ generally translated "cast". See John 15:6;...
_print … put … print … thrust_ The A. V. preserves the emphatic repetition of -print" but obliterates the similar repetition of -put." The verb (_ballein_) rendered -thrust" here and in John 20:27 is...
ΒΆΛΩ … ΒΆΛΩ. In both places, PUT: see on John 5:7. The negation is in the strongest form, ΟΥ̓ ΜῊ ΠΙΣΤ., _I will_ IN NO WISE _believe;_ and the condition is stated without hope: not, ‘_If_ I see, I _wi...
THE MANIFESTATION TO S. THOMAS AND OTHERS Peculiar to S. John...
Ver 19. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for feel of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and says to...
_JESUS APPEARED TO HIS DISCIPLES AND THOMAS IS PRESENT -- JOHN 20:24-31:_ The reason is unknown, but for whatever reason Thomas was not present the first time Jesus appeared to the disciples after His...
ΈΩΡΆΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 20:8. ΪΔ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) выражает условие, ΉΛΟΣ (G2247) гвоздь, ΔΆΚΤΥΛΟΣ (G1147) палец, ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от...
EXCEPT I SHALL SEE IN HIS HANDS THE PRINT, &C.— The repetition of the word _print_ seems to be a very great beauty, as it admirably represents the language of a _positive man,_ declaring again and aga...
THE APPEARANCE TO TEN DISCIPLES _Text: John 20:19-25_ 19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of th...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 20:24-31 Below is an Analysis of our present passage:— The first time Thomas comes before us is in chapter 11. At the close of 10 we read how the enemies of Chr...
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and t...
6 There is a blessed contrast between the resurrection of Lazarus and the vivification of our Lord. Lazarus saw corruption. Christ saw none. Lazarus was raised bound foot and hand with grave clothes a...
20:25 not (b-48) 'In no wise.' a strong negative....
THE RESURRECTION 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; for th...
THE PRINT OF THE NAILS] It is clear that Thomas had witnessed the crucifixion....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 THE GRAVE IS EMPTY! 20:1-10 V1 On Sunday morning, Mary (who was from Magdala) went to the grave. It was very early a...
EXCEPT I SHALL SEE IN HIS HANDS THE PRINT OF THE NAILS, AND PUT MY FINGER INTO THE PRINT OF THE NAILS. — This demand for the evidence of his own senses, and refusal to admit the testimony of eyewitnes...
XXIII. _ THOMAS' TEST._ "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the...
The rest accordingly, when first they met him, possibly the same evening, said, ἑωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον; which he heard with incredulity, not because he could mistrust them, but because he concluded they...
_Manifestations of the risen Lord to the disciples, first without Thomas, then with Thomas_....
THE RISEN CHRIST BRINGS PEACE John 20:19-25 Evidently our Lord was clothed in the spiritual body of which the Apostle speaks, not subject to the laws governing physical life. Twice He uttered the sal...
This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, an...
I will not believe. St. Cyril thinks, that the grief and trouble St. Thomas was under, might partly excuse his want of belief: however, we may take notice with St. Gregory, the his backwardness in bel...
THOMAS IS CONVINCED John 20:24-29. “ _And Thomas_, _one of the twelve_, _called Didymus_, _was not with them when Jesus came. Then the other disciples continued to say to him_, _We have seen the Lord....
III. THE SECOND APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES (THOMAS): JOHN 20:24-29. A last principle of unbelief still remained in the circle of the Twelve. It is extirpated, and the development of faith reaches it...
“ _But Thomas, one of the Twelve, he who was called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came._ 25. _The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord; but he said to them: Unless I se...
1. The appearance of Jesus when the doors were shut (John 20:19; John 20:26) is a point which we are unable to explain. The evangelist has not stated the facts of the case with sufficient definiteness...
FIFTH PART: 20:1-29. THE RESURRECTION. The fourth part of the Gospel has shown us the Jewish people carrying _unbelief_ with reference to Jesus even to complete apostasy, and consummating this spirit...
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. (25) The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in...
In John 20:1-31 is the resurrection, and this in a remarkable light. No such outward circumstance is here as in Matthew, no soldiers trembling, no walk with disciples, but as ever the person of God's...
25._Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails. _This points out the source of the vice to be, that every one wishes to be wise from his own understanding, and flatters himself beyond measure. _...
In chapter 20, we have, in a summary of several of the leading facts among those which took place after the resurrection of Jesus, a picture of all the consequences of that great event, in immediate c...
THE OTHER DISCIPLES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM,.... Some time in the same week, as they had opportunity of seeing him, with great joy, and full assurance of faith in Christ's resurrection: WE HAVE SEEN...
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and th...
_But Thomas, called Didymus_ That is, the twin; _was not with them when Jesus came_ The cause of his absence is not mentioned. Possibly it might be affliction, or some other unavoidable hinderance. Th...
EXCEPT I SHALL SEE; this shows how difficult it was to convince even the disciples that Jesus had risen from the dead....
THE OTHER DISCIPLES, THEREFORE, SAID UNTO HIM, WE HAVE SEEN THE LORD. BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM, EXCEPT I SHALL SEE IN HIS HANDS THE PRINT OF THE NAILS, AND PUT MY FINGER INTO THE PRINT OF THE NAILS, AND...
The unbelief of Thomas and the second appearance to the Eleven:...
THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incredu...
19-25 This was the first day of the week, and this day is afterwards often mentioned by the sacred writers; for it was evidently set apart as the Christian sabbath, in remembrance of Christ's resurre...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V After eight days let there be another feast observed with honour, the eighth day itself, on which He gave me Thomas, who was hard of belief, full assurance,...
John 20:25 other G243 disciples G3101 therefore G3767 said G3004 (G5707) him G846 seen G3708 (G5758) Lord...
‘But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands t...
JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES INCLUDING THOMAS (JOHN 20:24). Thomas had been absent at Jesus' first appearance to the Apostles, but he too was now to see the risen Lord....
John 20:25. THE OTHER DISCIPLES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, WE HAVE SEEN THE LORD. Thomas received information from his fellow-apostles of the first manifestation of Himself by Jesus; but he is not satis...
We have here a second appearance of Jesus to the disciples, distinguished from that coming immediately before, inasmuch as it seems especially intended to set forth the blessedness of those who believ...
WE HAVE SEEN THE LORD (εωρακαμεν τον κυριον). The very language in the plural that Mary Magdalene had used (John 20:18) when no one believed her.EXCEPT I SHALL SEE (εαν μη ιδω). Negative conditio...
John 20:25 I. The doubt of Thomas was the resisting of a heart to whom the good news seemed to be too good to be true. Thomas could not believe that the Lord who was dead is really alive. The others i...
John 20:24 Thomas I. Thomas was evidently a man of reserved nature a melancholy man haunted, as we should say, by a painful sense of his own individuality. He could not look at the bright side of thi...
John 20:24 The Incredulity of Thomas. The case of Thomas is I. A most instructive instance of the exercise and expression of a true, loving, affectionate, appropriating faith. It is outgoing, self-f...
John 20:24 The Incredulity of St. Thomas I. It is easy and not uncommon to upbraid the incredulity of Thomas, and to entertain none but the most indefinite ideas as to the fault of which he was guilt...
John 20:11. _But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the othe...
John 20:18. _Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her._ She was a true woman one whom they had known well enough to be quite...
John 20:19. _Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and sai...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Christ. CHARACTERS: Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, two angels, Jesus, disciples, Thomas. CONCLUSION: He who gave His life as a ransom resumed His life again by the mighty pow...
John 20:2. _They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre._ After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that John...
_The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord_ A SIGHT OF THE LORD--WHAT IT PRODUCES I. AN EVER DEEPENING SENSE OF SIN. See Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5); Job Job 42:5); Peter (Luke 5:8)...
_But Thomas, called Didymus … was not with them when Jesus came_ ST. Thomas Mark I. HOW MUCH CHRISTIANS MAY LOSE BY NOT REGULARLY ATTENDING THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE. 1. Thomas was absent wh...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:25 Apparently, Thomas thinks the disciples may have seen a ghost (compare Matthew 14:26)....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:1 Chapter John 20:1 covers the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial: the empty tomb, the risen Jesus’ encounter with Mary Magdalene, and Jesus’ appearances to his disciples...
28-31 CHAPTER 20 VER. 1. _On the first day of the week._ Literally, of the Sabbath, the week being called the Sabbath, after its principal day, or the day of the Pasch. (see on Mat 28:1) _Mary Magda...
_The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and t...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 20:19. EVENING OF THAT DAY.—_I.e._ the day on which our Lord rose from the dead.—WHEN THE DOORS WERE SHUT.—St. John notices this fact, not only to show how terror...
EXPOSITION JOHN 20:1 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the greatest event i...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to John, chapter 20. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and she saw the stone was...
1 Corinthians 15:5; Acts 10:40; Acts 10:41; Acts 5:30; Hebrews 10:38
Print [τ υ π ο ν]. See on 1 Peter 5:3. Put - thrust [β α λ ω]. The same verb in both cases. Hence better, as Rev., put for thrust. I will not [ο υ μ η]. Double negative : in nowise....
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST John 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wrapped arou...