John 20:21

THE MESSAGE

Resurrection! Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, "They took the Master from the tomb. We don't know where they've put him." Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb. They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter. Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed. No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead. The disciples then went back home. But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been laid. They said to her, "Woman, why do you weep?" "They took my Master," she said, "and I don't know where they put him." After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn't recognize him. Jesus spoke to her, "Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?" She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, "Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him." Jesus said, "Mary." Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" meaning "Teacher!" Jesus said, "Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene went, telling the news to the disciples: "I saw the Master!" And she told them everything he said to her. Later on that day, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you." Then he showed them his hands and side. The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes, were exuberant. Jesus repeated his greeting: "Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me,

King James Version (1611)
Then said Iesus to them againe, Peace be vnto you: As my Father hath sent me, euen so send I you.

King James Version
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."

New American Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

New Century Version
Then Jesus said again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, I now send you."

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you [as My representatives]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

Berean Standard Bible
Again Jesus said to them, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you."

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, "I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me."

Complete Jewish Bible
"Shalom aleikhem!" Yeshua repeated. "Just as the Father sent me, I myself am also sending you."

Darby Translation
[Jesus] said therefore again to them, Peace [be] to you: as the Father sent me forth, I also send you.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said again, "Peace be with you. It was the Father who sent me, and I am now sending you in the same way."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus to them againe, Peace be vnto you: as my Father sent me, so sende I you.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you; just as my Father has sent me, so I send you.

Good News Translation
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you."

Lexham English Bible
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you."

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua therefore said to them again, "Shalom be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

International Standard Version
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."Matthew 28:18; John 17:18-19; 2 Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 3:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu unto them, Peace (be) with you: as my Father sent me, I also send you.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to them; Peace be with you. As my Father hath sent me, I also send you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

World English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you. As the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Weymouth's New Testament
A second time, therefore, He said to them, "Peace be to you! As the Father sent me, I also now send you."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seith to hem eft, Pees to you; as the fadir sente me, Y sende you.

Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] to you: as the Father has sent me, even so send I you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] to you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so I send you.

New English Translation
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

New King James Version
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

New Living Translation
Again he said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to them again, "May you have peace. As the Father has sent Me, I also am sending you."

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, said unto them, again, - Peace be unto you! Just as, my Father, sent me forth, I, also, send you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus to them agayne: peace be with you. As my father sent me even so sende I you.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Iesus vnto the agayne: Peace be with you. Like as my father sent me, eue so sede I you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then said Jesus to them again, "peace be with you: as my father hath sent me, even so send I you."

Simplified Cowboy Version
He told them again, "Peace be with y'all. Like the Father sent me, it's time for me to send y'all."

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Later on that day, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you." Then he showed them his hands and side. The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes, were exuberant. Jesus repeated his greeting: "Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you." Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. "Receive the Holy Spirit," he said. "If you forgive someone's sins, they're gone for good. If you don't forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?" But Thomas, sometimes called the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, "We saw the Master." But he said, "Unless I see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger in the nail holes, and stick my hand in his side, I won't believe it." Eight days later, his disciples were again in the room. This time Thomas was with them. Jesus came through the locked doors, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you." Then he focused his attention on Thomas. "Take your finger and examine my hands. Take your hand and stick it in my side. Don't be unbelieving. Believe." Thomas said, "My Master! My God!" Jesus said, "So, you believe because you've seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing." Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book. These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it. ²¹Resurrection! Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, "They took the Master from the tomb. We don't know where they've put him." Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb. They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter. Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed. No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead. The disciples then went back home. But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been laid. They said to her, "Woman, why do you weep?" "They took my Master," she said, "and I don't know where they put him." After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn't recognize him. Jesus spoke to her, "Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?" She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, "Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him." Jesus said, "Mary." Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" meaning "Teacher!" Jesus said, "Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene went, telling the news to the disciples: "I saw the Master!" And she told them everything he said to her. Later on that day, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the Jews, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, "Peace to you." Then he showed them his hands and side. The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes, were exuberant. Jesus repeated his greeting: "Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you." ²²Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. "Receive the Holy Spirit," he said. "If you forgive someone's sins, they're gone for good. If you don't forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?" ²⁴But Thomas, sometimes called the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, "We saw the Master." But he said, "Unless I see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger in the nail holes, and stick my hand in his side, I won't believe it."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Peace: John 14:27

as: John 13:20, John 17:18, John 17:19, John 21:15-17, Isaiah 63:1-3, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:40, Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-18, Luke 24:47-49, Acts 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:2, Hebrews 3:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:23 - Peace Numbers 6:26 - give thee Isaiah 22:24 - hang Isaiah 48:16 - the Lord God Jeremiah 23:21 - General Ezekiel 2:3 - I send Malachi 2:7 - the messenger Matthew 9:6 - that the Matthew 9:38 - the Lord Matthew 10:5 - sent Matthew 13:37 - is Matthew 23:34 - I send Matthew 28:8 - with Luke 4:43 - therefore John 14:28 - Father John 15:16 - ordained John 17:22 - the glory John 20:19 - Peace Acts 1:2 - the apostles Acts 5:31 - forgiveness Romans 10:15 - And how 1 Corinthians 1:1 - an 2 Corinthians 5:20 - ambassadors Galatians 1:1 - and 2 Peter 1:1 - an apostle 1 John 4:6 - he that knoweth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus to them again,.... The words he said before:

peace be unto you; which he repeated, to put them out of their fright, by reason of which they returned him no answer; and to raise and engage their attention to what he was about to say; and to pacify their consciences, distressed with a sense of their conduct towards him; and with a view to the Gospel of peace, he was now going to send them to preach:

as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you; Christ's mission of his disciples, supposes power in him, honour done to them, authority put upon them, qualifications given them, and hence success attended them; what they were sent to do, was to preach the Gospel, convert sinners, build up saints, plant churches, and administer ordinances. The pattern of their mission, is the mission of Christ by his Father, which was into this world, to do his will, preach the Gospel, work miracles, and obtain eternal redemption for his people; and which mission does not suppose inferiority in his divine person, nor change of place, but harmony and agreement between the Father and Son: the likeness of these missions lies in these things; their authority is both divine; they are both sent into the same place, the world; and in much the same condition, mean, despicable, hated and persecuted; and in part for the same end, to preach the Gospel, and work miracles, for the confirmation of it; but not to obtain redemption, that being a work done solely by Christ; in which he has no partner, and to whom the glory must be only ascribed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As my Father hath sent me - As God sent me to preach, to be persecuted, and to suffer; to make known his will, and to offer pardon to men, so I send you. This is the design and the extent of the commission of the ministers of the Lord Jesus. He is their model; and they will be successful only as they study his character and imitate his example. This commission he proceeds to confirm by endowing them all with the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 20:21. Even so send I you. — As I was sent to proclaim the truth of the Most High, and to convert sinners to God, I send you for the very same purpose, clothed with the very same authority, and influenced by the very same Spirit.