JOHN 20:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.”
A week later his disciples were again in a house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you' — the week's delay (octaemeran, eight days) foreshadows the Christian Sunday observance and the eternal eschatological day. Jesus' repeated entrance through locked doors confirms resurrection corporeality's transcendence. The presence of Thomas within the gathered community prefigures his transformation.
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