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John 20:25

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.

KJV

ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄλλοι μαθηταί· ἑωράκαμεν τὸν κύριον. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω μου τὸν δάκτυλον εἰς τὸν τόπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω μου τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω.

Greek NT

Dixerunt ergo ei alii discipuli : Vidimus Dominum. Ille autem dixit eis : Nisi videro in manibus ejus fixuram clavorum, et mittam digitum meum in locum clavorum, et mittam manum meam in latus ejus, non credam.

Vulgate

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 put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

ASV

The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the place of the nails and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δάκτυλος
daktulos
noun · 10×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πλευρά
pleura
noun · 5×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
τύπος
tupos
noun · 15×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἧλος
elos
noun · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: μου τὴν χεῖρα | WH/Treg/NIV: μου τὴν χεῖρα | RP: τὴν χεῖρά μου
  • μου τὴν χεῖραSBLGNT
  • μου τὴν χεῖραWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὴν χεῖρά μουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 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…
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, came Jesus and stood in the midst. Calvin shows the resurrection appearances as demonstrations of Christ's victory over death. Thomas's confession — "My Lord and my God!" — is one of the clearest declarations of Christ's deity in all of Scripture. Christ's breathing upon the disciples and saying "Receive ye the Holy…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:5 — And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
  • 1Kgs 10:7 — Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
  • Acts 5:30 — The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
  • Acts 10:40 — Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
  • Dan 11:35 — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 3:18 — And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
  • Heb 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • Job 9:16 — If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
  • John 1:41 — He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
  • John 6:30 — They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
  • John 14:5 — Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
  • John 20:8 — Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
  • John 20:14 — And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
  • John 20:27 — 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.
  • John 21:7 — Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself
  • Luke 24:25 — Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
  • Luke 24:34 — Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
  • Luke 24:39 — Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
  • Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
  • Mark 16:13 — And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
  • Matt 16:1 — The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 27:42 — He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
  • Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 78:11 — And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
  • Ps 78:32 — For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
  • Ps 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Ps 106:21 — They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;