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To: chatter4
Joh 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."

Joh 20:26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."

Joh 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing." Joh 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

4 posted on 07/05/2010 10:11:16 AM PDT by bubbacluck
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To: liege
"Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

I guess the person in the youtube video is not believing, but unbelieving. Probably a J.W. They don't believe Jesus was crucified. They hold that he was "impaled" with the stake through his heart.

8 posted on 07/05/2010 10:16:34 AM PDT by Guyin4Os (A messianic ger-tsedek)
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To: liege

There is not one mention of wounds in John chapter 20. Thomas was not questioning if Jesus died, he was questioning if he was really alive again. The word “into” can also be translated as “against”. The word “shape” means “a pattern”. Thomas was looking for a way to identify Jesus and strike his side to see if he was really there. Only an insane person would want to go poking into open wounds.


12 posted on 07/05/2010 10:21:25 AM PDT by chatter4
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