Evidence That Demands a Verdict

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹cOn the evening dof that day, the first day of the week, ethe doors being locked where the disciples were ffor fear of the Jews,3 Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, g“Peace be with you.” ²⁰When he had said this, hhe showed them his hands and his side. Then ithe disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As jthe Father has sent me, keven so I am sending you.” ²²And when he had said this, he lbreathed on them and said to them, m“Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³nIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴Now oThomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,4 was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, p“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. qAlthough the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, q“Peace be with you.” ²⁷Then he said to Thomas, r“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸Thomas answered him, s“My Lord and my God!” ²⁹Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? tBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

³⁰uNow Jesus did many other signs vin the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹wbut these are written so that you may xbelieve that Jesus is the Christ, ythe Son of God, and that by believing zyou may have life ain his name.