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John 20:29

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20:29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people53 who have not seen and yet have believed.”54

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John 20:29: Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Footnotes

  1. 53 Grk “are those.”
  2. 54 Some translations treat πιστεύσαντες (pisteusantes) as a gnomic aorist (timeless statement) and thus equivalent to an English present tense: “and yet believe” (). This may create an effective application of the passage to the modern reader, but the author is probably thinking of those people who had already believed without the benefit of seeing the risen Jesus, on the basis of reports by others or because of circumstantial evidence (see John 20:8).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, have you believed? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.