It is better to be convinced by moral and spiritual evidence than by the evidence of the senses.
30, 31. Conclusion of the Gospel.
30. Many other signs] probably refers to signs done after the Resurrection. Those done before the Resurrection were done in the presence of the people.
Verse John 20:29. _THOMAS_] This word is omitted by almost every MS., version, and ancient commentator of importance. _BLESSED_ ARE _THEY_, C.] Thou hast seen, and therefore thou hast believed, and...
BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME - Because you have looked upon my body, and seen the proofs that I am the same Saviour that was crucified. Jesus here approves the faith of Thomas, but more highly commends t...
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. ...
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...
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED. Thomas "saw" (he did not need to handle), and believed. We have not seen, but nevertheless, believe upon the same Lord. Upon us he pronounc...
But Thomas, who is called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." He said to them: "Unless I see the print of the nails in...
BEWILDERED LOVE (John 20:1-10)...
THOMAS. All the texts omit. THAT, &c.. who saw not and believed. See John 4:48. Mat 16:1. 1 Corinthians 1:22. Those who crave for miracles and signs to-day will have them, but they will be Satan's mi...
_Thomas, because_, &c. -Thomas" must be omitted on overwhelming evidence, although the addition of the name seems natural here as in John 14:9. -Thou hast believed" is half exclamation, half question...
29. After ΜΕ omit Θωμᾶ with אABCD. We enter now upon the third and last part of the second main division of the Gospel. The Evangelist having set before us the INNER GLORIFICATION OF CHRIST IN HIS LAS...
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...
ΈΏΡΑΚΑΣPERF. _ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 20:8. ΠΕΠΊΣΤΕΥΚΑΣ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ, _см._ John 20:25. ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΌΡΆΩ. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ....
BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME, &C.— The word _seen,_ according to the Hebrew idiom, is often applied to the other senses; and therefore may here signify that Thomas had the unitedtestimony of all his sens...
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...
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, [THOMAS]. The word enclosed in bracke...
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...
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 a...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THOMAS, BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME, THOU HAST BELIEVED. — The name “Thomas” is omitted in all the better MSS., and the order of the other words suggests that they should be read i...
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, a...
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...
(8) Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed. (8) True faith depends upon the mouth of God, and not...
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....
III. THE SECOND APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES (THOMAS): JOHN 20:24-29. A last principle of unbelief still remained in the circle of the Twelve. It is extirpated, and the development of faith reaches it...
VER. 29. In itself, this address of the disciple would not have a decisive value. It might be an exaggeration of feeling. But what gives it an absolute importance is the manner in which Jesus receives...
“ _Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!_ 29. _Jesus says to him_, _Because thou hast seen me_, _thou hast believed. Blessed are they who, without having seen, have believed._ ” What pr...
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...
1. The appearance of Jesus when the doors were shut (John 20:19; John 20:26) is a point which we are unable to explain. The evangelist has not stated the facts of the case with sufficient definiteness...
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 BEATITUDE OF FAITH_ ‘Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.’ John 20:29 Let us ask wherein lies the blessedness of faith, and what are the claims that it makes upon us, if...
29._Because thou hast seen me, Thomas. _Christ blames nothing in Thomas, but that he was so slow to believe, that he needed to be violently drawn to faith by the experience of the senses; which is alt...
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...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THOMAS,.... The word Thomas is omitted in the Alexandrian copy, and in Beza's ancient copy, and in some others, and in the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions. BECAUSE THOU HA...
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed _are_ they that have not seen, and _yet_ have believed. Ver. 29. _Blessed are they that have not seen_] We see Chr...
_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...
BLESSED ARE THEY; they who like Thomas believe in Christ, and though they have not seen him, acknowledge him as their Lord and their God....
The unbelief of Thomas and the second appearance to the Eleven:...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THOMAS, BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME, THOU HAST BELIEVED; BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED. Thomas, called Didymus, the Twin, loved his Lord with true devo...
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...
Thou believest that I am risen from the dead upon the testimony of thy senses; thou doest well in that: thou hast seen, thou hast felt me; but it is a more noble faith to believe without any such sens...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II Faith, then, is not established by demonstration. "Blessed therefore those who, not having seen, yet have believed."[23] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II...
John 20:29 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 Thomas G2381 because G3754 seen G3708 (G5758) Me...
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....
‘Jesus says to him, “Because you have seen, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Response in faith to the word of God is here seen as the supreme achievement...
John 20:29. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST SEEN ME, THOU HAST BELIEVED; HAPPY ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET HAVE BELIEVED. The words are intended for the Church now about to be called o...
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...
THOU HAST BELIEVED (πεπιστευκας). Perfect active indicative. Probably interrogative, but "it was _sight_, not _touch_ that convinced Thomas" (Bernard).AND YET (κα). Clear use of κα in the adversat...
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 20:26 I. The meeting renewed. I think that Dr. Vaughan has somewhere suggested, that although we have no record of the circumstance, it is possible that Christ, when with the disciples on the fir...
John 20:24 Thomas I. Thomas was evidently a man of reserved nature a melancholy man haunted, as we should say, by a painful sense of his own individuality. He could not look at the bright side of thi...
John 20:29 I. St. Thomas loved his Master, as became an apostle, and was devoted to his service; but when he saw Him crucified, his faith failed for a season with that of the rest. Being weak in faith...
John 20:19. _Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and sai...
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...
John 20:18. _Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her._ She was a true woman one whom they had known well enough to be quite...
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...
HOW HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING ME! [_Happy:_ see note on Matthew 5:3] Thomas believed by _"seeing. "_ Jesus _blesses_ those who will believe without seeing him in person [_on the evide...
_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...
_Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen yet have believed_ WHO IS BLESSED? Thomas’s conduct was strange but honest. How much b...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 20:29 Note the possible echo of this text in 1 Peter 1:8. ⇐...
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...
_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 terror...
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 Peter 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:27; Heb
Thomas. Omit....
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 arou...
Here we have Christ's reprehension of Thomas for not believing without such sensible evidence as he desired. He believed now that Christ was risen from the dead, but it was upon the testimony of his s...