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Where God Shows Up Second Sunday after Easter Analysis by Lori A. Cornell 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” 24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” 26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. DIAGNOSIS: Doubt It! Step 1: Initial Diagnosis (External Problem): Wearing Your Doubt Who can blame Thomas for being a skeptic? Had the disciples really changed that much since they received the Holy Spirit from the resurrected Jesus? Were they trotting around Jerusalem forgiving one another in the week since they’d seen Jesus alive—before Jesus breathed his peace on Thomas? Were they living their resurrection faith out loud in the city? Step 2: Advanced Diagnosis (Internal Problem): Blinded by Doubt Actually, John tells us that the disciples are holed up again in the same room where they had been hiding in fear the week before. Sure, they had seen Jesus. But other than their brief testimony to Thomas, not much was different. Thomas had heard what was supposed to be good news, and he couldn’t imagine any reason to take his friends at their word. Only seeing Jesus in the flesh would change his mind. But Jesus pans Thomas for his reluctance to trust the disciples’ testimony: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe,” he says. Thomas is depending on his own vision to change his heart, rather than hanging his heart on Jesus’ promises. Step 3: Final Diagnosis (Eternal Problem): Godless When it comes to faith, God is not willing to indulge our demand for cameo appearances. When God makes promises, God keeps them—Easter being the best case in point. So, our insistence—that we must see in order to believe—leaves us high and dry. Blind. Bereft of the God who comes in mercy and forgiveness, because we can’t see him for all the scars that get in the way. PROGNOSIS: Believe It! Step 4: Initial Prognosis (Eternal Solution): Christened It’s fascinating that the very thing Thomas demands, to touch the marks that testify to Jesus’ death, ends up being the thing that silences Thomas. Jesus comes to his wounded disciples (then and now), bearing the marks of his tortured death, and these piercings become proof of his resurrection life. This One who had surrendered his mortal body three days before—rather than high-tailing it to heaven—walks into the lives of his wounded disciples to show them what they cannot otherwise see: A God who shows up where life is disappointing, broken, and hopeless, to silence our doubt and despair. Step 5: Advanced Prognosis (Internal Solution): Blind Faith When Jesus offers Thomas his hands and side—the very thing Thomas has demanded, it’s enough to send Thomas to his knees. Thomas who, like every one of us, thinks he knows better than Jesus what he needs, finds out that it’s not his eyes (or his fingers in Jesus’ hands and side) that make it possible for him to believe. It is Jesus (the Word), relentlessly and lovingly walking into his darkness and doubt, that allows Thomas (and us) to believe. So, with Thomas, we again find ourselves (on this Second Sunday of Easter) humbly on our knees, declaring, “My Lord and my God!” Step 6: Final Prognosis (External Solution): Wearing Your Faith Such life-giving encounters with Jesus are bound to propel us out of our safe spaces, into the light of day to say, “We have seen the Lord.” Maybe we won’t convince our co-workers and friends the first time or two that we try those words. Nor will practice make our Easter testimony perfect. And, more than likely, we will need to have Jesus give us a refresher course (through Word and sacrament), to remind us where he can be found. But in a world rife with scars, suffering, regret, and resentment, his healing word will offer peace to soothe our bitter woes.
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यूहन्ना अध्याय 20 हप्ताको पहिलो दिन बिहानै मरियम मग्दलिनी येशूको चिहानमा गई। तिनले देखिन कि त्यो ठूलो चट्टान जो चिहानको द्वारमा राखिएको थियो त्यो ढुंगा हाटाइएको थियो। 2 यसैले मरियम शिमोन पत्रुस र अन्य चेलाहरूकहाँ गई (जसलाई येशूले धेरै माया गर्नुहुन्थ्यो।) मरियमले तिनीहरूलाई भनिन, “तिनीहरूले प्रभुको देहलाई चिहानबाट लगेछन्। हामी जान्दैनौ तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई कहाँ राखेका छन्।” 3 यसकारण पत्रुस र अर्को चेला चिहानमा जानलागे। 4 तिनीहरू दुवै दुगरे, तर अर्को चेला पत्रुस भन्दा छिटो दगुरे। यसैले अर्को चेला चिहानमा पहिले पुगे। 5 चेलाले निहुरिएर तलतिर हेरे। तिनीहरूले सूती लुगाको टुक्राहरू मात्र त्यहाँ रहेको देखे, तिनीहरू भित्र झरेनन्। 6 त्यसपछि शिमोन पत्रुस आइपुग्यो। पुत्रस चिहान भित्र गयो। उसले सूती लुगाको टुक्रा मात्र त्यहाँ रहेको देख्यो। 7 उसले येशूको टाउँको बाँधिएको लुगा पनि देख्यो। त्यो लुगा पट्याएर सूतीको कपडाका टुक्रादेखि अलग्गा राखिएको थियो। 8 त्यसपछि अर्को चेला पनि पस्यो। यो मानिस अघि चिहानमा पहिलो पुग्ने चेला थियो। तिनले भित्र पुगेर जे देखे त्यो विश्वास गरे। 9 ती चेलाहरूले अझ बुझेका थिएनन कि धर्मशास्त्रले भनेकोछ कि येशू मृत्युबाट जागी उठ्नै पर्छ। 10 त्यसपछि चेलाहरू आफ्ना घर र्फक। 11 तर मरियम चिहानकै बाहिर उभिएर रोइरही। जब रोई रहेकी थिइन् चिनहान भित्र हेर्नु तिनी निहुरिन्। 12 मरियमले सेतो वस्त्रमा दुई स्वर्गदूतहरू देखी । तिनीहरू जहाँ येशूको टाउँकोपट्टी र अर्को स्वर्गदूत येशूको खुट्टापट्टी बसिरहेका थिए। 13 स्वर्गदूतहरूले मरियमलाई सोधे, “हे! नारी! किन रोईरहेकी छौ?”मरियमले जवाफ दिइन, “कसैले मेरा प्रभुको शरीर लगेर गएछ। तिनीहरूले कहाँ राखेका छन् मलाई थाहा छैन।” 14 मरियमले यति भनिसकेर जब र्फकिन उनले उहाँलाई त्यहाँ उभिरहनु भएको देखिन्। तर तिनले येशू भनेर चिनिनन्। 15 येशूले उनलाई सोध्नुभयो, “नारी, तिमी किन रोइरहेछौ? तिमी कसलाई खोजिरहेछौ?”मरियमले उहाँलाई त्यहाँ बगैंचाको माली सम्झी। तब मरियमले उहाँलाई सोधी, “के तिमीले येशूलाई लग्यौ, महोदय? भन उहाँलाई कहाँ राखेकाछौ। म त्यही जानेछु र उहाँलाई लानेछु।” 16 येशूले उसलाई भन्नुभयो, “हे मरियम।”मरियम येशू तर्फ फर्की र यहूदी भाषामा उसलाई भनी, “रब्बोनी।” (अर्थ “हे गुरुज्यु”) 17 येशूले उसलाई भन्नुभयो, “मलाई नछोऊ। म अझ् सम्म पिताकोमा गई सकेको छुइँन। तर मेरा दाज्यु-भाइहरू भएकोमा जाऊ, र तिनीहरूलाई यसो भनः ‘म मेरो पिता र तिमीहरूका पिताकहाँ फर्की जाँदैछु। म मेरो परमेश्वर र तिमीहरूको परमेश्वरकहाँ फर्की जाँदैछु।”‘ 18 मरियम मग्दलिनी चेलाहरूकहाँ गईन् अनि उनीहरूलाई भनिन, “मैले प्रभुलाई भेटें।” अनि येशूले जे भन्नु भएको थियो ती सब भनिदिइन्। 19 हप्ताको पहिलो दिन थियो। चेलाहरू त्यो बलुकी भेला भएका थिए। यहूदीहरूको डरले दैलोहरू बन्द थियो। तब येशू आउनु भयो र तिनीहरूका सामुने उभिनु भयो। येशूले भन्नुभयो “शान्ति तिमीहरूसँग रहोस्।” 20 येशूले यति भने पछि उहाँले आफ्ना हात र कोखा देखाउनु भयो। तब चेलाहरूले प्रभुलाई देखेर अति खुशी भए। 21 त्यसपछि येशूले फेरि भन्नुभयो, “शान्ति तिमीहरूसंग रहोस्। पिताले मलाई पठानु भयो। त्यस्तै प्रकारले अब म तिमीहरूलाई पठाइरहेछु।” 22 यती भनिसके पछि, येशूले चेलाहरूमाथि श्वास फुकेर भन्नुभयो, “पवित्र आत्मा लेओ।” 23 यदि तिमीहरूले मानिसहरूका पाप क्षमा गरिदियौ भने तिनीहरूका पापहरू क्षमा हुनेछ। यदि त्यसो गरेनौ भने तिनीहरूका पापहरू क्षमा हुनेछैन्।” 24 थोमा जसलाई दिदुमस भनिन्छ, येशू चेलाहरूकहाँ आउनु हुँदा थिएनन्। बाह्रजना मध्ये थोमा एकजना थिए। 25 अरू चेलाहरूले थोमालाई भने, “हामीले प्रभुलाई देख्यौं।” थोमाले भने, “म त्यति बेला सम्म विश्वास र्गदिन जबसम्म काँटीले छेडिएका दागहरू उहाँको हातमा देख्दिन अनि औलाँ त्यो काँटीको दागहरूमा राख्दिन र उहाँको कोखामा मेरो हात राख्दिन।” 26 एक हप्तापछि सबैजना चेलाहरू घरमा जम्मा भएका थिए। थोमा तिनीहरूसंग थिए। दैलो बन्द थियो, तर येशू आउनु भयो र तिनीहरू समक्ष उभिनु भयो। उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “शान्ति तिमीहरूमा रहोस्।” 27 त्यसपछि येशूले थोमालाई भन्नुभयो, “आऊ तिम्रो औंला यहाँ छिराऊ।” मेरा हातहरू हेर, तिम्रो हात मेरा कोखमा पसाऊ। शंका गर्न छोड अनि विश्वास गर्न थाल।” 28 थोमाले येशूलाई भने, “मेरा प्रभु र मेरा परमेश्वर!” 29 येशूले थोमालाई भन्नुभयो, “तिमीले मलाई विश्वास गर्यौ किनभने तिमीले मलाई देख्यौ। ती मानिसहरू धन्य हुन् जस-जसले मलाई नदेखिकनै विश्वास गरे।” 30 येशूले धेरै अरू चमत्कारहरू देखाउनु भएको उहाँका चेलाहरूले देखेका थिए। ती चमत्कारहरू यस पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छैन। 31 तर ती कुराहरू लेखिए ताकि तिमीहरूले विश्वास गर्न सक्छौ कि येशू नै ख्रीष्ट हुन्; जो परमेश्वरको पुत्र हुन् भनि जब तिमीहरू उहाँलाई विश्वास गर्छौ, तिमीहरूले उहाँको नाममा जीवन पाउन सक्छौं