Bible Gateway passage: Luke 24:28-43, John 20:19-31 - New King James Version (2025)

The Disciples’ Eyes Opened

²⁸Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and ^(A)He ^[a]indicated that He would have gone farther. ²⁹But ^(B)they constrained Him, saying, ^(C)“Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.

³⁰Now it came to pass, as ^(D)He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

³²And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” ³³So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and ^(E)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was ^[b]known to them in the breaking of bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples^(F)

^36(G)Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.” ³⁷But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen ^(H)a spirit. ³⁸And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. ^(I)Handle Me and see, for a ^(J)spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”

^40[c]When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹But while they still did not believe ^(K)for joy, and marveled, He said to them, ^(L)“Have you any food here?” ⁴²So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish ^[d]and some honeycomb. ^43(M)And He took it and ate in their presence.

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The Apostles Commissioned^(A)

^19(B)Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were ^[a]assembled, for ^(C)fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ^(D)“Peace be with you.” ²⁰When He had said this, He ^(E)showed them His hands and His side. ^(F)Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

²¹So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! ^(G)As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” ²²And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23(H)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Seeing and Believing

²⁴Now Thomas, ^(I)called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

²⁶And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and ^(J)reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be ^(K)unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus said to him, ^[b]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. ^(L)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

That You May Believe

³⁰And ^(M)truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31(N)but these are written that ^(O)you may believe that Jesus ^(P)is the Christ, the Son of God, ^(Q)and that believing you may have life in His name.

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