Study Desk

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,^(z) Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace^(aa) be with you!"^(ab)

After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.^(ac) The disciples were overjoyed^(ad) when they saw the Lord.

Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you!^(ae) As the Father has sent me,^(af) I am sending you."^(ag)

And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.^(ah)

If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."^(ai)

Now Thomas^(aj) (also known as Didymus^[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side,^(ak) I will not believe."^(al)

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace^(am) be with you!"^(an)

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."^(ao)

Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed;^(ap) blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."^(aq)

Jesus performed many other signs^(ar) in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.^(as)

But these are written that you may believe^[b](at) that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,^(au) and that by believing you may have life in his name.^(av)