John 20:29 (WEB)
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
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John Damascene
“For He breathed upon His Disciples, says he, and said, Receive ye the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: St. John xx. 29.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(John 20:29) This too is what is meant by the virtue which went out of Him, and healed all.” — the author cites it
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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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Eusebius of Caesarea
““Blessed art thou who hast believed in me without having seen me.” — editor's note: Compare John xx. 29.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Out of the mouth,” then “of babes and sucklings Thou hast made perfect praise,” Thou, our Lord, declaring first by the Apostle, “Except ye believe, ye shall not understand;” and saying by His own mouth, “Blessed are they that have not seen, and shall believe.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“We are foretold.” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“In a certain place indeed the same Lord prefers those who “do not see, and yet believe,” to them who see and therefore believe.” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“And yet as designing to call to His supper others, against the excuse of “the five pairs of oxen,” He said, “Blessed they who do not see, and believe.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“…sleep, “My Lord and my God;” the Lord said to him, “Because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment““Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“We perceive, namely, with the mind, what we could not with the eyes: and we are preferred before them, because of us it is said, “Blessed are they who see not, and yet believe.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“For what greatness is there in believing what is seen, as in those words of the same Lord, when, in reproving a disciple, He said, “Because thou hast seen, thou hast believed; blessed are they that see not, and yet believe.”” — editor's note: Chap. xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“For blessed are they who see not, and yet do believe.” — editor's note: Chap. xx. 29.
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John Chrysostom
“And Christ also called them “blessed,” saying, “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” ( c. xx. 29 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And in both ways are they admirable; because they believed, and because they did so without signs, (whom Christ also calleth “blessed,” saying, “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed,”) ( c. xx. 29 ,) and because they did so sincerely.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“But thou believest as to them, because thou seest; thou believest not this, because thou seest it not: “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: S. John xx. 29.
Read the whole comment“For: “Blessed are they who have not seen yet have believed.”” — editor's note: S. John xx. 29.
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Tertullian
“For more “blessed,” says Christ, “are they who have not seen, and yet have believed;” since, even if the resurrection of the flesh must be denied to them, it must at any rate be a fitting boon to us, who are the more blessed.” — editor's note: John xx. 29.
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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.]
Read the whole comment“Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: John xx. 27–29.
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Leo the Great
“Hence our Lord said to him who seemed to doubt of Christ’s Resurrection, until he had tested by sight and touch the traces of His Passion in His very Flesh, “because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed.”” — editor's note: S. John xx. 29.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Blessed therefore those who, not having seen, yet have believed.”” — editor's note: John xx. 29. [Note this definition of true knowledge, followed by an appeal to the Scriptures as infallible teaching. No need to say that no other…
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
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Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 24.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 16.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:26–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.
Cited together in Church History I.12.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 24.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:26–27 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:26–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).