Second Sunday of Easter; 24 April 2022; Easter 2C (RCL); Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 150; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31.
This passage in John is home to one of the most egregious mistranslations in the New Testament. In almost every translation, Jesus says to Thomas, “Do not doubt, but believe.” There is almost no way to construe the Greek to mean this. What the Greek says is μὴ γίνου ἂπιστος ἀλλὰ πιστός. A literal translation would be, Do not be untrustworthy, but trustworthy. Or, you could even translate as untrusty and trusty. And Thomas doesn’t doubt; he refuses to believe.
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