Bible Cross References
a little while
John 20:19-29
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It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. "Peace be with you," he said.
20
After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.
21
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you."
22
Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
23
If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
24
One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came.
25
So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
26
A week later the disciples were together again indoors, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
27
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!"
28
Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
29
Jesus said to him, "Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me!"
John 21:1-23
1
After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened.
2
Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael (the one from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.
3
Simon Peter said to the others, "I am going fishing." "We will come with you," they told him. So they went out in a boat, but all that night they did not catch a thing.
4
As the sun was rising, Jesus stood at the water's edge, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
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Then he asked them, "Young men, haven't you caught anything?" "Not a thing," they answered.
6
He said to them, "Throw your net out on the right side of the boat, and you will catch some." So they threw the net out and could not pull it back in, because they had caught so many fish.
7
The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken his clothes off ) and jumped into the water.
8
The other disciples came to shore in the boat, pulling the net full of fish. They were not very far from land, about a hundred yards away.
9
When they stepped ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it and some bread.
10
Then Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
11
Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore full of big fish, a hundred and fifty-three in all; even though there were so many, still the net did not tear.
12
Jesus said to them, "Come and eat." None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.
13
So Jesus went over, took the bread, and gave it to them; he did the same with the fish.
14
This, then, was the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from death.
15
After they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord," he answered, "you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Take care of my lambs."
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A second time Jesus said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Lord," he answered, "you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Take care of my sheep."
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A third time Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter became sad because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" and so he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!" Jesus said to him, "Take care of my sheep.
18
I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you used to get ready and go anywhere you wanted to; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you up and take you where you don't want to go."
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(In saying this, Jesus was indicating the way in which Peter would die and bring glory to God.) Then Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"
20
Peter turned around and saw behind him that other disciple, whom Jesus loved---the one who had leaned close to Jesus at the meal and had asked, "Lord, who is going to betray you?"
21
When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
22
Jesus answered him, "If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!"
23
So a report spread among the followers of Jesus that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say he would not die; he said, "If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you?"
Acts 1:3
For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God.
Acts 10:40
But God raised him from death three days later and caused him to appear,
Acts 10:41
not to everyone, but only to the witnesses that God had already chosen, that is, to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from death.
1 Corinthians 15:5-9
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that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles.
6
Then he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at once, most of whom are still alive, although some have died.
7
Then he appeared to James, and afterward to all the apostles.
8
Last of all he appeared also to me---even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal.
9
For I am the least of all the apostles---I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.
because
John 16:28
I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
John 13:3
Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God.
John 17:5
Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.
John 17:13
And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.
Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.
Hebrews 12:2
Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.