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John 20:28

Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans

and immediately they believed that He was Christ. Wherefore Thomas also says to Him, "My Lord, and my God."[24]

Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

No king, with Him, finds greater favour, no barbarian lesser joy; no dignities or pedigrees enjoy distinctions of merit; to all He is equal, to all King, to all Judge, to all "God and Lord."[100]

A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

Christ alone declared this word out of the consciousness of His divinity; and if, finally, the Apostle Thomas, instructed in all the proofs and conditions of Christ's divinity, says in reply to Christ, "My Lord and my God; "[92]

A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

And, "My Lord and my God."[278]

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See also John 20:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 28. _THOMAS ANSWERED_, c.] Those who deny the Godhead of Christ would have us to believe that these words are an _exclamation_ of Thomas, made through surprise, and that they were addressed to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MY LORD AND MY GOD - In this passage the name God is expressly given to Christ, in his own presence and by one of his own apostles. This declaration has been considered as a clear proof of the divinit...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THOMAS ANSWERED,... MY LORD AND MY GOD. Thomas did not need to apply the test. Every shadow of doubt passed away, and from out of his full and astonished heart came forth the ejaculation, which was....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MY LORD AND MY GOD. First testimony to the Deity of the risen Lord. Possibly Thomas was using the words of Psalms 86:15, which in the Septuagint read _Kurie ho Theos,_ and claiming forgiveness for his...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Thomas answered_ Omit -and." This answer and Christ's comment, -because thou hast _seen_," seem to shew that S. Thomas did not use the test which he had demanded. In accordance with his despondin...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE MANIFESTATION TO S. THOMAS AND OTHERS Peculiar to S. John...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    28. Not merely the sight of Jesus but the conviction of His omniscience overwhelms S. Thomas, as it did Nathanael (John 1:50), and the Samaritan woman (John 4:29). His faith rises with a bound to its...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 26. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you. 27. Then says he to Thomas...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1732 THOMAS’S UNBELIEF REPROVED John 20:27. _Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID, &C.— Though the nominative often occurs for the vocative, it is the former case which is used here, the words συ ει, _thou art,_ being understood. To this the context agrees;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE APPEARANCE TO THOMAS _Text: John 20:26-29_ 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, P...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. [AND]. This "And" is evidently no part of the genuine text. THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, MY LORD AND MY GOD. That Thomas did not d...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    27 While we hardly care to sympathize with doubting Thomas, yet we feel grateful for the unanswerable evidence his case called forth. The reality of our Lord's resurrection is put beyond all question...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Second appearance to the Apostles. Climax of the Gospel in the Confession of Thomas. 26. After eight days] i.e. on the next Sunday, both Sundays being counted in. Here we have the beginning of the obs...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LIFE] i.e. eternal life. THROUGH HIS NAME] i.e. through union with Him as the incarnate Son of God. His 'name' is His nature as the God-Man. Here the Gospel originally closed. MY LORD AND MY GOD] T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM. — It is implied that he did not make use of the tests which his Master offered him, but that he at once expressed the fulness of his conviction. This is confirmed by...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Grotius, following Tertullian, Ambrose, Cyril and others, is of opinion that Thomas availed himself of the offered test: surely it is psychologically more probable that the test he had insisted on as...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Manifestations of the risen Lord to the disciples, first without Thomas, then with Thomas_....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OVERCOMING DOUBT John 20:26-31 How great the anguish of Thomas during that week, as he tossed between hope and fear, and saw on other faces the light which he might not share! At length Jesus came, a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “ _Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!_ 29. _Jesus says to him_, _Because thou hast seen me_, _thou hast believed. Blessed are they who, without having seen, have believed._ ” What pr...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Without examining his hands and side, and as astonished at his condescension and grace, and ashamed of his unbelief: MY LORD AND MY GOD; he owns him to be L...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Ver. 28. _My Lord and my God_] This is true faith indeed, that individuates God, and appropriates him to itself. _a_ Were it not for this po...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then said he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger_, &c. Thus our Lord lets them see, that he was not unacquainted with what had lately passed among them in his absence, and at the same time takes an ef...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    MY LORD AND MY GOD; this was addressed to Jesus Christ, and was commended by him as a just expression of true faith. Jesus Christ approves of being addressed by his people as their Lord and their God....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, MY LORD AND MY GOD....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The unbelief of Thomas and the second appearance to the Eleven:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    26-29 That one day in seven should be religiously observed, was an appointment from the beginning. And that, in the kingdom of the Messiah, the first day of the week should be that solemn day, was po...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MY LORD, to whom I wholly yield and give up my self; AND MY GOD, in whom I believe. It is observed, that this is the first time that in the Gospel the name of _God_ is given to Christ; he was now by h...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    John 20:28 And G2532 Thomas G2381 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 My...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas was with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood among them and said, “Peace to you.” Then he says to Thomas, “Reach out he...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    John 20:28. THOMAS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, MY LORD AND MY GOD. He passes at once from the depths of his despondency and hesitation to the most exalted faith. The words are certainly addressed to J...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    MY LORD AND MY GOD (Hο κυριος μου κα ο θεος μου). Not exclamation, but address, the vocative case though the form of the nominative, a very common thing in the _Koine_. Thomas was wholly convinced...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    MY LORD AND MY GOD The deity of Jesus Christ is declared in Scripture: (1) In the intimations and explicit predictions of the Old Testament. (a) The theophanies intimate the appearance of God in hu...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    John 20:28 I. We are, I think, hardly apt to be enough aware how much of all our Christian faith and hope must rest on the reality of our Lord's resurrection. It is, in the first place, the fulfilment...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    John 20:26 I. The meeting renewed. I think that Dr. Vaughan has somewhere suggested, that although we have no record of the circumstance, it is possible that Christ, when with the disciples on the fir...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God_ MY LORD AND MY GOD Let us consider I. THE EXCLAMATION OF THOMAS. It is as much as a man could say if he wished to assert dogmatically that...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:28 Thomas’s confession of Jesus as his LORD and GOD confirms the references to Jesus as God in John 1:1,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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 Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God._ This was after he had fully ascertained that it was indeed Christ Himself, who had received these wounds on the cross, and who was now alive ag...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 3:16; Acts 7:59; Acts 7:60; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 40:9;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Thomas said, My Lord and my God — The disciples had said, We have seen the Lord. Thomas now not only acknowledges him to be the Lord, as he had done before, and to be risen, as his fellow disciple...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    These words may be considered two ways. 1. As an abrupt speech, importing. vehement admiration of Christ's mercy towards him, and of his own stupidity and dullness to believe. Learn hence, that the...

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