# John 20.24-31 **Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 22. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit: 23. whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. > > **24. 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 his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. 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, Peace be unto you. 27. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28. Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29. Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30. Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: 31. but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.** (John 20:22-31, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 22. When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit! 23. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.” > > **24. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. 25. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26. After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.” 27. Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.” 28. Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29. Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.” 30. Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; 31. but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.** (John 20:22-31, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 22. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. > > **24. 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 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. 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 unto you. 27. 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. 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.** (John 20:22-31, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 22. and this having said, he breathed on [them], and saith to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit; 23. if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.' > > **24. And Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came; 25. the other disciples, therefore, said to him, 'We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, 'If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.' 26. And after eight days, again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them; Jesus cometh, the doors having been shut, and he stood in the midst, and said, 'Peace to you!' 27. then he saith to Thomas, 'Bring thy finger hither, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put [it] to my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing.' 28. And Thomas answered and said to him, 'My Lord and my God;' 29. Jesus saith to him, 'Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed; happy those not having seen, and having believed.' 30. Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book; 31. and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'** (John 20:22-31, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater](/codex/anointing-implies-subordination-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Argument from Miracles](/codex/argument-from-miracles/), via [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Argument from the Hospitality-Stranger Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-hospitality-stranger-convergence/), via [John 20.19-29](/codex/john-20-19-29/) - [Argument from the Narrative-Identity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-narrative-identity-convergence/), via [John 20.19-29](/codex/john-20-19-29/), [John 20.25-27](/codex/john-20-25-27/), [John 20.26](/codex/john-20-26/) - [Argument from the Resurrection](/codex/argument-from-the-resurrection/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/), [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Argument from the Universal Burial Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-burial-convergence/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Bayesian Argument for Theism](/codex/bayesian-argument-for-theism/), via [John 20.30](/codex/john-20-30/), [John 20.31](/codex/john-20-31/) - [Causal Adequacy Argument](/codex/argument-from-the-proportionate-causality-convergence/), via [John 20.24-29](/codex/john-20-24-29/), [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Christian God is the Only True God](/codex/christian-god-is-the-only-true-god/), via [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Divine Hiddenness Objection Defeater](/codex/divine-hiddenness-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.29](/codex/john-20-29/) - [Faith is Belief Without Evidence Objection Defeater](/codex/faith-is-belief-without-evidence-objection-defeater/) - [Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-has-a-god-therefore-not-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/), [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Jesus Never Claimed to Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-claimed-to-be-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Jesus Said Only God Is Good Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-said-only-god-is-good-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Jesus's Sacrifice Was Not Real Because He Rose Objection Defeater](/codex/jesuss-sacrifice-was-not-real-because-he-rose-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Liar Lunatic or Lord](/codex/liar-lunatic-or-lord/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/), [John 20.28-29](/codex/john-20-28-29/) - [Necessity of the Incarnation](/codex/necessity-of-the-incarnation/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Paul Invented Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/paul-invented-christianity-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Quran Confirms Jesus is God Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-jesus-is-god-argument/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Religious Pluralism Objection Defeater](/codex/religious-pluralism-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Resurrection-Centric Growth Argument](/codex/resurrection-centric-growth-argument/), via [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Stolen Body Hypothesis Defeater](/codex/stolen-body-hypothesis-defeater/), via [John 20.26](/codex/john-20-26/) - [Trinity Invented at Nicaea Objection Defeater](/codex/trinity-invented-at-nicaea-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater](/codex/unitarian-oneness-binitarian-objection-defeater/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) **Concepts:** - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Christ is God](/codex/christ-is-god/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christ vs Other Religion-Founders](/codex/christ-vs-other-religion-founders/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christian Discernment](/codex/christian-discernment/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christian Muslim Defender](/codex/christian-muslim-defender/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 20.27-28](/codex/john-20-27-28/), [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Crucifixion Forensics](/codex/crucifixion-forensics/), via [John 20.25-29](/codex/john-20-25-29/) - [Crucifixion Remains of Yehohanan](/codex/crucifixion-remains-of-yehohanan/), via [John 20.25](/codex/john-20-25/) - [Doubt and Fear](/codex/doubt-and-fear/), via [John 20.24-28](/codex/john-20-24-28/), [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Faith](/codex/h0530-emunah/), via [John 20.24-29](/codex/john-20-24-29/) - [Faith and Reason](/codex/faith-and-reason/), via [John 20.30-31](/codex/john-20-30-31/) - [Faith is Belief Without Evidence Objection](/codex/faith-is-belief-without-evidence-objection/) - [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Hypostatic Union](/codex/hypostatic-union/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Islamic Dilemma](/codex/islamic-dilemma/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Jehovahs Witnesses](/codex/jehovahs-witnesses/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 20](/codex/john-20/) - [Lesson 2.4, Christology in One Lesson](/codex/lesson-2-4-christology-in-one-lesson/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Meaning-Centered Evangelism](/codex/meaning-centered-evangelism/), via [John 20.31](/codex/john-20-31/) - [Messianic Prophecy](/codex/messianic-prophecy/), via [John 20.25-27](/codex/john-20-25-27/) - [New Heavens and New Earth](/codex/new-heavens-and-new-earth/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Resurrection](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Resurrection of Jesus](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [Resurrection of Jesus - Minimal Facts Case](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-minimal-facts-case/), via [John 20.24-29](/codex/john-20-24-29/) - [The Muslim Defense](/codex/the-muslim-defense/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Trinity](/codex/trinity/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/ylt/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [Zeitgeist - Constructed Religion Claims](/codex/zeitgeist-constructed-religion-claims/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) **People:** - [John the Apostle](/codex/john-the-apostle/), via [John 20.31](/codex/john-20-31/) - [Thomas the Apostle](/codex/thomas-the-apostle/), via [John 20.24-29](/codex/john-20-24-29/), [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) **Lexicon:** - [G0386 - anastasis](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/), [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [G2316 - theos](/codex/g2316-theos/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [G2320 - theotes](/codex/g2320-theotes/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [G2962 - kyrios](/codex/g2962-kyrios/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) - [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/), via [John 20.24](/codex/john-20-24/) - [G4100 - pisteuo](/codex/g4100-pisteuo/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/), [John 20.29](/codex/john-20-29/) - [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), via [John 20.27](/codex/john-20-27/) - [H1121 - ben](/codex/h1121-ben/), via [John 20.31](/codex/john-20-31/) - [H7965 - shalom](/codex/h7965-shalom/), via [John 20.26](/codex/john-20-26/) **Other pages:** - [Religious Pluralism Objection](/codex/religious-pluralism-objection/), via [John 20.28](/codex/john-20-28/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. 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Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.