John 20:8

Believed. This word is explained by what follows. He believed (at length) that Jesus was risen; for up to this time [ο υ δ ε π ω] he, with his fellow - disciple (plural, hdeisan) knew not, etc. The singular number, he believed, as Meyer profoundly remarks, "only satisfies the never - to - be - forgotten personal experience of that moment, though it does not exclude the contemporaneous faith of Peter also." On knew [η δ ε ι σ α ν], see on 2 24.