John 20:19-31 | A Translation
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When it was evening
on that day–
the first day of the week–
and the terror (φόβον) they felt
toward their own–
toward their own people,
toward their own neighbors and schoolmates,
toward their own family in ancestry and in faith–
when that terror
had fastened tightly
the doors
where the disciples were staying,
Jesus arrived.
He stood.
In the middle.
He stood in the middle of everyone.
And Jesus said:
“Peace be with you (εἰρήνη ὑμῖν).”
~~~
After saying this,
Jesus showed them [too].
~~~
His hands.
His side.
Therefore,
the disciples?
They rejoiced!
For they had seen.
The Lord (κύριον)!
The Lord!
~~~
“Peace be with you (εἰρήνη ὑμῖν).”
(Jesus said it, again).
“As the Father has sent me,
I send you, in the same way.”
Having said this,
Jesus breathed (ἐνεφύσησεν).
Jesus breathed
on them!
Jesus breathed on them
while saying:
“Receive
the Holy Spirit,
Blessed Wind,
Sacred Breath
(πνεῦμα ἅγιον).”
~~~
And then Jesus said:
“If you let go of the sins of any,
if you let them loose,
untangle, untie them,
release them like a helium balloon:
well, then:
they are gone
let go
released
un-tangled-and-tied
set free
(ἀφίημι).
If you hold onto the sins of any:
they, too will
hang around,
hang on
hang onto
stick
be bound
(κρατέω)
?
~~~
Thomas,
one of the twelve (δώδεκα)
(who was called twofold/twain/twin (Δίδυμος))
was not with them
when Jesus arrived.
“We have seen the Lord (κύριον).”
The other disciples were telling him.
As disciples do.
“Unless I see
in his hands
the marks left by those nails”
Thomas replied,
“and put my finger
into the places
those nails penetrated,
as well as my hand
into his side,
I will not come to trust (πιστεύσω).”
After eight days
Jesus’ disciples were inside.
Again!
So was Thomas, this time.
The doors?
They were fastened tightly.
Still!
Nevertheless, there,
Jesus arrived.
He stood.
In the middle.
He stood in the middle of everyone.
“Peace be with you (εἰρήνη ὑμῖν)!”
Jesus said.
And to Thomas?
“Put your finger here.
See?
My hands!
Reach out your hand!
Put it here.
Into my side.
Do not be voided
of trust (ἄπιστος).
But filled with it (πιστός).”
[Be filled.
Again.]
“My Lord.
My God!”
Thomas responded.
~~~
“Because you have seen me,
have you trusted me (πεπίστευκας)?”
Jesus asked him.
“Blessed/happy/full
are those who have not beheld with their eyes
but who have been filled with
(or beholden by)
trust (πιστεύσαντες),
nonetheless.”
~~~
Jesus did a ton of other signs
while around his disciples.
They’re not written in this book.
But these ones are,
so that you may continue being gripped by (and filled with) trust
by Jesus
a messiah!
And Jesus,
the Child
of
the God,
and that through
trusting (πιστεύω)
you may hang onto (or be held by)
Life (ζωὴν)
in/with/through
his name (ὀνόματι).
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