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28 Thomas exclaimed, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Then Jesus said to him,

“You have come to believe
because you have seen me.
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have come to believe.”

30 Believe in Order To Live.[a] Now Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not recorded in this work.

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:30 The purpose of John’s Gospel was to bring people to belief in Jesus: there is life only in communion with him.
    These verses undoubtedly constituted the first conclusion of the fourth Gospel.

28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed;(A) blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”(B)

The Purpose of John’s Gospel

30 Jesus performed many other signs(C) in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.(D)

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