John 20:28
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
KJV
ἀπεκρίθη Θωμᾶς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου.
Greek NT
Respondit Thomas, et dixit ei : Dominus meus et Deus meus.
Vulgate
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
ASV
Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Θωμᾶς
thomas
noun · 11×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπεκρίθη | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπεκρίθη | RP: Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη
- ἀπεκρίθη — SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθη — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη — Robinson-Pierpont
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Themes
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Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§448Very often in the Gospels people address Jesus as "Lord". This title testifies to the respect and trust of those who approach him for help and healing.62 At the prompting of the Holy Spirit, "Lord" expresses the recognition of the divine mystery of Jesus.63 In the encounter with the risen Jesus, this title becomes adoration: "My Lord and my God!" It thus takes on a connotation …
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
- 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
- 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
- Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- Acts 9:20 — And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
- Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Isa 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isa 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Juda
- Jer 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
- John 1:49 — Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 6:69 — And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
- John 9:35 — Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
- John 10:36 — Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
- John 20:16 — Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
- John 20:31 — 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 20:31 — 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 21:2 — There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
- Josh 5:14 — And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
- Luke 1:43 — And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
- Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
- Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
- Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
- Matt 14:33 — Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
- Matt 22:44 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- Matt 28:9 — And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- Phil 2:6 — Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- Phil 2:11 — And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
- Ps 8:1 — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 16:2 — O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Ps 35:23 — Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
- Ps 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Ps 45:11 — So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
- Ps 45:11 — So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.