Berean Standard Bible
(BSB)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

(Luke 24:36–49; 1 John 1:1–4)

^<19>It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. ^<20>After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

^<21>Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” ^<22>When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ^<23>If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas

^<24>Now Thomas called Didymus,¹ one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. ^<25>So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

^<26>Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

^<27>Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

^<28>Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

^<29>Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of John’s Book

^<30>Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. ^<31>But these are written so that you may believe ² that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

Translation for Translators
(T4T)

^<19> On that Sunday evening we disciples gathered together. The doors were locked because we were afraid that the Jewish leaders might arrest us. Suddenly Jesus appeared miraculously and stood among us! He said to us, “May God give you inner peace!” ^<20> After he said that, he showed us the wounds in his hands and his side. We were very happy when we saw the Lord! ^<21> Jesus said to us again, “May God give you peace! Just like my Father sent me, now I am sending you to proclaim my message.” ^<22> After saying that, he breathed on us and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit! ^<23> If you forgive people for their having sinned, God will already have forgiven them. If you do not forgive them, God has not forgiven them.”

^<24> One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us. ^<25> When the rest of us told him that we had seen the Lord, he said to us, “If I do not see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the place where the nails were, and put my hands into the place in his side where the soldier thrust the spear, I will certainly not believe that he was the one you saw!”

^<26> A week later we were in the house again. This time Thomas was with us. Although the doors had been locked, Jesus again appeared miraculously and stood among us. He said, “May God give peace to you!” ^<27> Then he showed Thomas his hands and said to him, “Put your finger here! Look at the wounds in my hands! Reach out your hand and put it in the wound in my side! Stop doubting! Instead, believe that I am alive again!” ^<28> Thomas answered him, “You are truly my Lord and my God!” ^<29> Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed that about me. But God is truly pleased with those who have believed that about me, even though they have not seen me!”

^<30> We disciples saw Jesus perform many other miracles, but I have not written about them in this book. ^<31> But these that I have written about, I have written about them in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in order that you may have eternal life by trusting in him.