John 20:24–25

John 20:24–25 are the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth [Chapters and Chapters and verses of the Bible|verses of the Bible|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" 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:
In the King James Version of the Bible, these verses are translated as:
The modern World English Bible translates these verses as:
For a collection of other versions see and .

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 means "twin" and also "double" or "twofold". The term "one of the twelve" was also applied to Judas Iscariot in. No reason is given for Thomas' absence.
Thomas has shown his difficulties to understand Jesus in and, and this time he hesitated when confronted with the resurrection account. Thomas' emphatic disbelief of the disciples' testimony intensified his resolution to seek physical evidence to convince him that the risen Jesus was the Jesus he had known. This part has a parallel in.
The palpable marks – the 'print of the nails' in Jesus' hands and the pierced hole on his side – fulfill an "apologetic function" for the readers of the gospel.