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23 aIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”  

Seeing and Believing

24 Now Thomas, acalled the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.  
25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and areach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be bunbelieving, but believing.”  
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him,1 “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. aBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  
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John 20:25

We have seen the Lord (ewrakamen ton kurion). The very language in the plural that Mary Magdalene had used (John 20:18) when no one believed her.

Except I shall see (ean mh idw). Negative condition of third class with ean and second aorist active subjunctive and so as to balw (from ballw) "and put."

The print (ton tupon). The mark or stamp made by the nails, here the original idea. Various terms as in Acts 7:44; I Timothy 4:12. Finally our "type" as in Romans 5:14. Clearly the disciples had told Thomas that they had seen the tupon of the nails in his hands and the spear in his side.

I will not believe (ou mh pisteusw). Strong refusal with ou mh (doubtful negative) and first aorist active subjunctive (or future indicative).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 20:25:

John 19:34
John 20:27
Acts 1:3
Acts 7:44
1 Corinthians 10:6
Philippians 3:17
1 Thessalonians 1:7
Hebrews 8:5

 

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