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John 20:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” "
John 20:29
Verse in Context
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27 Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
30 Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;
31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
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John 20:1
"Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb."
John 20:2
"Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”"
John 20:3
"Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb."
John 20:4
"They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first."
John 20:5
"Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in."
John 20:6
"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,"
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