John 20:24–25

John 20:24–25 are the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth verses of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. They relate to the absence of Thomas the Apostle from "the house where the disciples had gathered" (John 20:19–23) when Jesus appeared to them for the first time. These two verses and those which follow when Jesus appears again a week later are "peculiar to John".

Content

The original Koine Greek, according to the Textus Receptus, reads:

24 Θωμᾶς δὲ εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος οὐκ ἦν μετ' αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· 25 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 τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρα μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω·

In the King James Version of the Bible, these verses are translated as:

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

The modern World English Bible (WEB) translates these verses as:

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!"

But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:24 and John 20:25.

Analysis

Thomas, "one of the twelve", is mentioned here both in the Aramaic and Greek names, although he was mentioned previously in this gospel. The Greek word Didymos means "twin" and also "double" or "twofold".