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Blessed Are They That Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed
John 20:24-31
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Blessed Are They That Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed
John 20:24-31
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This song belongs to the John collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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John 20: The missing body becomes the presence of the risen Lord
The Book of John lets resurrection dawn through incomplete interpretations rather than instant certainty. Mary sees the stone moved and first assumes the body has been taken. Peter and the beloved disciple inspect the burial cloths, with seeing and believing arriving before a full scriptural understanding. Mary then encounters Jesus without recognizing him until he speaks her name. By evening, the risen Lord stands among disciples behind shut doors, showing the wounds that identify him with the crucified Jesus and sending them as the Father sent him. Thomas, absent from that meeting, demands the same bodily evidence the others received and answers the later encounter with "My Lord and my God." The chapter then turns from eyewitness experience to written testimony. The signs have been selected so later readers may believe without standing in that room and may have life through Jesus' name.
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