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John 20:26 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 unto you. "
John 20:26
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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
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 thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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 unto you.
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.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
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John 20:1
"The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."
John 20:2
"Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him."
John 20:3
"Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre."
John 20:4
"So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre."
John 20:5
"And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in."
John 20:6
"Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,"
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