John 20:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 20:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (7) But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. (7) Christ draws out of the unbelief of Thomas a certain and sure testimony of his resurrection.

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• John 20:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Coming to the Disciples. The first Christian Sunday is spent in Jerusalem, where the disciples are in hiding. The interpretation of Mark 14:50 as implying an immediate flight of the apostles...

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• John 20:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thomas . The third mention of him in John. See John 11:16 ; John 14:5 . of . out of. Greek ek. App-104.

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• John 20:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  24. But Thomas, one of the twelve. The unbelief of Thomas is here related, that by means of it the faith of the godly may be more fully confirmed. He was not only slow and reluctant to be...

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• John 20:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. Thomas - called Didymus - See this name explained, John 11:16 (note). Was not with them - And, by absenting himsel...

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• John 20:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thomas, one of the twelve,— It is said, Luke 24:33 that the disciples from Emmaus gave the eleven, and those who were with them, an account of their meeting with Christ, and of the other circumst...

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• John 20:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came - that is, on the evening of...

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• John 20:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Resurrection 1-10. The Resurrection. Visits of Mary Magdalene, and of Peter and John to the tomb of Jesus. (For the Resurrection appearances see on the synoptics, especially on St. Matthew; fo...

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• John 20:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus... — Comp. Notes on John 11:16 ; John 14:5 . It is in harmony with the desponding character that looks upon the visit to Jerusalem as necessarily lea...

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• John 20:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXIII. THOMAS' TEST. "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in...

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• John 20:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Risen Christ Brings Peace John 20:19-25 Evidently our Lord was clothed in the spiritual body of which the Apostle speaks, not subject to the laws governing physical life. Twice He uttered t...

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• John 20:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the story of a dark morning and a lost Master. The strange excitement of it all is evidenced by the fact that the three disciples named are all seen running. Mary ran to tell the disciples, a...

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• John 20:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• John 20:24 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE ABSENCE OF THOMAS ‘But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.’ John 20:24 There is a very pathetic ring about this verse; Thomas lost an opportunit...

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• John 20:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus ,.... The person here spoken of, is described by his Hebrew name Thomas, and his Greek one Didymus, which both signify a twin; and perhaps he was one. I...

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• John 20:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. Ver. 24. But Thomas, one of the twelve ] A man cannot be wilfully absent from the public assemblies but once, wit...

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• John 20:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But Thomas, called Didymus That is, the twin; was not with them when Jesus came The cause of his absence is not mentioned. Possibly it might be affliction, or some other unavoidable hinderance. T...

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• John 20:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE GRAVE: OPEN AND EMPTY! (vs.1-10) Though others besides Mary of Magdala went together to the grave early on the first day of the week, yet in John she is singled out, a woman devoted, but incr...

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• John 20:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ with His Disciples.       19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the d...

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• John 20:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Whether Thomas had ever, since they all forsook our Saviour in the garden and fled, returned again to a communion with the rest, or was absent through some occasion, is not said; but upon this some h...

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• John 20:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands...

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• John 20:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 20:19 . Evening of that day. — I.e. the day on which our Lord rose from the dead.— When the doors were shut. —St. John notices this fact, not only to show ho...

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• John 20:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 20:24-25 The Incredulity of St. Thomas I. It is easy and not uncommon to upbraid the incredulity of Thomas, and to entertain none but the most indefinite ideas as to the fault of which he wa...

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• John 20:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 20:11-12 . But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and th...

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• John 20:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 20:2 . They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre. After Mr. WEST had examined with all possible care every circumstance recorded of the resurrection, he in substance remarks, that Jo...

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• John 20:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But Thomas, called Didymus … was not with them when Jesus came St. Thomas Mark I. HOW MUCH CHRISTIANS MAY LOSE BY NOT REGULARLY ATTENDING THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE. 1. Thomas was ab...

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• John 20:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 20:1-43 2. The complete glorification of Jesus in his resurrection. The record pauses for the awful day of that great sabbath, and resumes the marvelous recital when the gre...

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• John 20:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

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• John 20:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 10:25 ; John 11:16 ; John 14:5 ; John 21:2 ; John 6:66 ; John 6:67 ; Matthew 10:3 ; Matthew 18:20

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• John 20:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Resurrection of Christ John 20:1-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The linen clothes. Before we discuss the resurrection with you, we want you to consider with us the manner in which Christ was wra...

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