John 20:26 (WEB)
After eight days, again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
Catechism · 3
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
“Thomas will also experience the test of doubt and St. Matthew relates that during the risen Lord's last appearance in Galilee "some doubted."” — Catechism footnote: Cf Jn 20:24-27; Mt 28:17.
“Yet at the same time this authentic, real body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: not limited by space and time but able to be present how and when he wills; for Christ's humanity can no longer be confined to earth, and belongs henceforth only to the Father's divine realm.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 28:9, 16-17; Lk 24:15, 36; Jn 20:14, 17, 19, 26; 21:4.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
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“Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Lk 24:31; Jn 20:19, 26.
Fathers and councils · 25
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.61Book II
“Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,” etc. And in the Gospel of Luke also, while Simon and Cleopas were conversing with each other respecting all that had happened to them, Jesus “drew near, and went with them.” — editor's note: John xx. 26, 27.
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“And in the Gospels it is not stated that He was always with them; but that on one occasion He appeared in their midst, after eight days, when the doors were shut, and on another in some similar fashion.” — editor's note: Cf. John xx. 26.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.52Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“And as He was capable of being handled and touched, so again did He, in a non-apprehensible form, pass through the midst of those who sought to injure Him, and entered without impediment through closed doors.” — editor's note: John xx. 26.
Read the whole comment “In the same manner, therefore, as Christ did rise in the substance of flesh, and pointed out to His disciples the mark of the nails and the opening in His side (now these are the tokens of that flesh which rose from the dead), so “shall He also,” it is said, “raise us up by His own power.”” — editor's note: John xx. 20, 25–27.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Jesus saith unto Him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: John xx. 26–29.
Read the whole comment“For there was one who did not believe even upon seeing, and would needs handle, and so believe, and said, “I will not believe except I thrust my fingers into the place of the nails, and touch His scars.”” — editor's note: John xx. 25–29.
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John Chrysostom
“And why doth He not appear to him straightway, instead of “after eight days”? ( Ver.” — editor's note: Ver. 26. “And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them; then came Jesus, the door being shut, and stood in the midst, and said,…
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Jerome
“How do you explain the fact that Thomas felt the hands of the risen Lord and beheld His side pierced by the spear?” — editor's note: Joh. xx. 26–28.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“The Apostle has recorded the circumstances with careful precision; Jesus came when the doors were shut, and stood in the midst.” — editor's note: Ib. xx. 26.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, I am with them;” showing that most is given, not to the multitude, but to the unanimity of those that pray.” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 19, 20. [Compare John xx. 26–29.]
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Consider the mercy of the Lord, how for the sake of one soul, He exhibits His wounds. And yet the disciples deserved credit, and He had Himself foretold the event. Notwithstanding, because one person, Thomas, would…
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You ask; If He entered by the shut door, where is the nature of His body? (ubi est modus corporis.) And I reply; If He walked on the sea, where is the weight of His body? The Lord did that as the Lord; and did He,…
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Jesus then comes Himself, and does not wait till Thomas interrogates Him. But to shew that He heard what Thomas said to the disciples, He uses the same words. And first He rebukes him; Then saith He to Thomas, Reach…
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He might, had He pleased, have wiped all spot and trace of wound from His glorified body; but He had reasons for retaining them. He shewed them to Thomas, who would not believe except he saw and touched; and He will…
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We are, as I know not how, afflicted with such love for the blessed martyrs, that we would wish in that kingdom to see on their bodies the marks of those wounds which they have borne for Christ’s sake. And perhaps we…
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Our Lord gave that flesh to be touched which He had introduced through shut doors: wherein two wonderful, and, according to human reason, contradictory things appear, viz. that after the resurrection He had a body…
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Our body also in that resurrection to glory will be subtle by means of the action of the Spirit, but palpable by its true nature, not, as Eutychius says, impalpable, and subtler than the winds and the air.
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Thomas saw and touched the man, and confessed the God whom he neither saw nor touched. By means of the one he believed the other undoubtingly: Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God.
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He who had been before unbelieving, after touching the body shewed himself the best divine; for he asserted the twofold nature and one Person of Christ; by saying, My Lord, the human nature, by saying, My God, the…
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He saith not, Hast touched me, but, hast seen me; the sight being a kind of general sense, and put in the place often of the other four senses; as when we say, Hear, and see how well it sounds; smell, and see how…
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But when the Apostle says, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, (Heb. 11:1) it is plain that things which are seen, are objects not of faith, but of knowledge. Why then is it…
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He uses the past tense, the future to His knowledge having already taken place by His own predestination.
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If any one then says, Would that I had lived in those times, and seen Christ doing miracles! let him reflect, Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
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Here He means the disciples who had believed without seeing the print of the nails, and His side.
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John having related less than the other Evangelists, adds, And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. Yet neither did the others relate all, but only…
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.61.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.7.
Cited together in Catechism §644.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.61.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.61.
Cited together in Catechism §644.
Cited together in Catechism §644.
Cited together in Catechism §644.
Cited together in Catechism §644.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.