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John 20:24

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

KJV

Θωμᾶς δὲ εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, οὐκ ἦν μετ’ αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς.

Greek NT

Thomas autem unus ex duodecim, qui dicitur Didymus, non erat cum eis quando venit Jesus.

Vulgate

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

ASV

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δίδυμος
didumos
noun · 3×
Θωμᾶς
thomas
noun · 11×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἦλθεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἦλθεν | RP: + ὁ
  • ἦλθενSBLGNT
  • ἦλθενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§644Even when faced with the reality of the risen Jesus the disciples are still doubtful, so impossible did the thing seem: they thought they were seeing a ghost. "In their joy they were still disbelieving and still wondering."506 Thomas will also experience the test of doubt and St. Matthew relates that during the risen Lord's last appearance in Galilee "some doubted."507 Therefor…
Passages from Moses, which the heretics pervert to the support of their hypothesis. 1. And while they affirm such things as these concerning the creation, every one of them generates something new, day by day, according to his ability; for no one is deemed perfect, who does not develop among them some mighty fictions. It is thus necessary, first, to indicate what things they me…

Cross-references

  • John 11:16 — Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
  • John 11:16 — Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
  • Matt 10:3 — Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;