John Chapter 20, Verse 20
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20: και τουτο ειπων εδειξεν αυτοις τας χειρας και την πλευραν αυτου εχαρησαν ουν οι μαθηται ιδοντες τον κυριον
20: And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his
side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
20: And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side.
The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
- καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν Ï„á½°Ï‚ χεῖÏας καὶ τὴν πλευÏὰν αá½Ï„οῖς. á¼Ï‡Î¬Ïησαν οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες τὸν κÏÏιον. [WHNU]
And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then they rejoiced, having seen the Lord.
- τοῦτο is a anaphoric antecedent pronoun, referring back to what he had said.
- ἰδόντες is a temporal participle: ‘when they saw’.
He showed unto them his hands, &c. In this manner he gave them indubitable proofs of his identity. He showed them that he was the same Being who had suffered; that he had truly risen from the dead, and had come forth with the same body. That body had not yet put on its glorified form. It was necessary first to establish the proof of his resurrection, and that could be done only by his appearing as he was when he died.
