John Chapter 20, Verse 26
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26: και μεθ ημερας οκτω παλιν ησαν εσω οι μαθηται αυτου και θωμας μετ αυτων ερχεται ο ιησους των θυρων κεκλεισμενων και εστη εις το μεσον και ειπεν ειρηνη υμιν
26: And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and
stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
26: And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas
with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst
and said: Peace be to you.
- Καὶ μεθ Ì“ ἡμÎÏας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ἦσαν ἔσω οἱ μαθηταὶ αá½Ï„οῦ καὶ Θωμᾶς μετ Ì“ αá½Ï„ῶν. á¼”Ïχεται ὠἸησοῦς τῶν θυÏῶν κεκλεισμÎνων καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μÎσον καὶ εἶπεν, ΕἰÏήνη ὑμῖν. [WHNU]
And, after eight days, the disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, even though the doors were closed, and stood in the midst and said “Peace to you.â€
- á¼”Ïχεται is a historic present, placed at the sentence head for added emphasis.
And after eight days again. That is, on the return of the first day of the week. From this it appears that they thus early set apart this day for assembling together, and Jesus countenanced it by appearing twice with them. It was natural that the apostles should observe this day, but not probable that they would do it without the sanction of the Lord Jesus. His repeated presence gave such a sanction, and the historical fact is indisputable that from this time this day was observed as the Christian Sabbath. See Acts 20:7; 1Cor 16:2 Rev 1:10.
