John 20:19-26 ▼

19 It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first [day] of the weeks, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, “Peace to you”;

20 and having said this, He showed them His hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the LORD.

21 Jesus, therefore, said to them again, “Peace to you; according as the Father has sent Me, I also send you”;

22 having said this, He breathed on [them], and says to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit;

23 if you may forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you may retain of any, 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 the mark of the nails in His hands, and may [not] put my finger into the mark of the nails, and may [not] put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

26 And after eight days, again His disciples were within, and Thomas [was] with them; Jesus comes, the doors having been shut, and He stood in the midst and said, “Peace to you!”