Interpretation of the Bible / John 20:29

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Verse 29 of John 20 tells of a dialogue between the resurrected Jesus and Thomas, one of the twelve disciples. Thomas was not present when Jesus appeared to the other disciples after his resurrection, and he refused to believe that Jesus had risen without seeing it with his own eyes. Jesus approaches Thomas and invites him to touch his wounds so that he will believe that it is He. Thomas then cries out, “My Lord and my God” acknowledging Jesus and accepting his resurrection.

In this verse, Jesus makes a profound statement about faith and the importance of believing without having to see evidence with our own eyes. He acknowledges that those who believe in Him without physically seeing Him are more fortunate than those who followed His path during His earthly ministry.

This statement is not a criticism of Thomas or anyone else who needs to see to believe, but rather a statement about the nature of faith. Jesus says that those who believe in Him without needing physical evidence have an even greater and deeper faith than those who need to see Him to believe.

Book: New Testament / John

Topics: blessing, faith, Jesus

Attention! This is one of the possible interpretations based on the comments of famous theologians, which may differ from each other. If the interpretation is taken from other languages, then there may be a distortion of meaning when translating the language. Matthew 7:7-8

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