29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
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Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-31)We have here an account of another appearance of Christ to his disciples, after his resurrection, when Thomas was now with them. And concerning this we may observe, I. When it was that Christ repeated his visit to his disciples: After eight days , that day seven-night after he rose, which must therefore be, as that was, the first day of the week . 1. He deferred his next appearance for some time,…
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