What does John 20:27 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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 faithless, but believing."
Verse 27. _THEN SAITH HE TO THOMAS_] Through his infinite compassion, he addressed _him_ in a particular manner; condescending in this case to accommodate himself to the prejudices of an obstinate, th...
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. (John 20:24...
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...
REACH HITHER THY FINGER. The Lord suddenly appeared in their midst, as one week before, and uttered his salutation of peace. Then turning to the skeptical Thomas, he asks him to apply the tests that...
BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...
REACH HITHER. Bring here. BEHOLD. Greek. _ide._ App-133. BE. become. FAITHLESS. Greek. _apistos_. unbelieving. BELIEVING. App-150....
_saith_, &c. He at once shews to S. Thomas that He knows the test that he had demanded. _behold_ Better, see; it is the same word as S. Thomas used in John 20:25. _be not_ Rather, BECOME _not_. The...
THE MANIFESTATION TO S. THOMAS AND OTHERS Peculiar to S. John...
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...
_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...
ΦΈΡΕ _praes. act. imper. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) приносить, брать. _Praes. imper._ здесь означает, что действие должно быть продолжено. ΪΔ (G2396) _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΒΆΛΕ _aor. imper...
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...
REACH HITHER THY FINGER, &C.— It is observable, that our Lord here repeats the very words which Thomas had made use of; and thus demonstrated, not only that he was risen, but also that he was possesse...
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...
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...
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 faithless, but believing. THEN SAITH HE TO THOMAS, REACH HI...
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...
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...
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 an...
THEN SAITH. HE TO THOMAS... — This implies a knowledge of the words of John 20:25, which in itself would carry conviction to the mind of Thomas. This repetition must have carried with this conviction...
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...
_Manifestations of the risen Lord to the disciples, first without Thomas, then with Thomas_....
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,...
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...
Put in thy finger hither. Christ, to shew he knew all things, made use of the very same words in which St. Thomas had expressed his incredulous dispositions. Our blessed Redeemer would have the mark...
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....
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...
_THE APPEARANCE TO THOMAS_ ‘Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My bands; and reach hither thy band, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing.’ John 2...
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...
THEN SAITH HE TO THOMAS,.... For whose sake he chiefly came, and whom he at once singled out from the rest, and called by name in the most friendly manner, without upbraiding or reproaching him for no...
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 faithless, but believing. Ver. 27. _Then saith he to Thomas_...
_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...
REACH HITHER THY FINGER; this showed that Jesus knew what Thomas had said....
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...
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...
We had need take heed what we speak wherever we are. Christ had not after his resurrection so ordinary and frequent a converse with his disciples as before. This is the fifth time that we read of Chri...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans And He says to Thomas, "Reach hither thy finger into the print of the nails, and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side; "[23] Tertullian A Treatise...
John 20:27 Then G1534 said G3004 (G5719) Thomas G2381 Reach G5342 (G5720) your G4675 finger G1147 here G5602 and G2532 look G1492 (G5657) My G3450 hands G5495 and G2532 reach G5342 (G5720) your G4675...
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....
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...
THEN SAITH HE TO THOMAS (ειτα λεγε τω Θομα). Jesus turns directly to Thomas as if he had come expressly for his sake. He reveals his knowledge of the doubt in the mind of Thomas and mentions the ve...
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 20:11. _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...
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...
PUT YOUR FINGER HERE. Jesus had just "passed through" locked doors, which would imply to them he was a ghost. Now he tells Thomas to "put him to the test" to see and feel the REALNESS of his Resurrect...
_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 20:1 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...
_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 terro...
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 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:14; 1 Timothy 1:14; John 20:25; Luke 9:41; Mark 9:19; Matthew 17:17; Psalms 103:13; Psalms 103:14;...
Be not [μ η γ ι ν ο υ]. Literally, become not. Thomas was in a fair way to become unbelieving, through his doubt of the resurrection. Faithless - believing [α π ι σ τ ο ς - π ι σ τ ο ς]. There is a c...
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 aro...