John 20:21
New International Version
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

New Living Translation
Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

English Standard Version
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

Berean Standard Bible
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you. As the Father has sent Me forth, I also send you."

King James Bible
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

New King James Version
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

New American Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

NASB 1995
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

NASB 1977
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you [as My representatives].”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Yeshua said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as my Father has sent me, I also am sending you.”

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, "I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me."

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

Good News Translation
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you."

International Standard Version
Jesus told them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

Literal Standard Version
Jesus, therefore, said to them again, “Peace to you; according as the Father has sent Me, I also send you”;

Majority Standard Bible
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

New American Bible
[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

NET Bible
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father hath sent me, even so I send you.

Weymouth New Testament
A second time, therefore, He said to them, "Peace be to you! As the Father sent me, I also now send you."

World English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, said to them again, 'Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

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Context
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
20After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” 22When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.…

Cross References
Luke 24:36
While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."

John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

John 17:18
As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

John 20:19
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. "Peace be with you!" He said to them.

John 20:22
When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 20:26
Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."


Treasury of Scripture

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father has sent me, even so send I you.

Peace.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

as.

John 13:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

John 17:18,19
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world…

John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs…

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1. Mary comes to the tomb;
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11. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene,
19. and to his disciples.
24. The incredulity and confession of Thomas.
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(21) Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you.--These words may be here a solemn repetition of the greeting in John 20:19, by which our Lord's own message of peace is immediately connected with that which the Apostles were to deliver to the world. It is, however, more natural to understand the words in John 20:19 as those of greeting, and these as words of farewell. (Comp. John 14:27.) Other words had intervened, as we know from St. Luke's narrative. He is now about to withdraw the evidence of His presence from them, and does so with the customary "Shal?m;" but with this He reminds them of the apostleship to which He has called them, gives them an earnest of the Presence which will never leave them, but always qualify them for it (John 20:22), and places before them the greatness of the work to which He sends them (John 20:23).

As my (better, the) Father hath sent me, even so send I you.--Comp. Note on John 17:18, where the words occur in prayer to the Father. As spoken here to the disciples 'they are the identification of them with Himself in His mediatorial work. He is the great Apostle (Hebrews 3:1); they are ambassadors for Christ, to whom He commits the ministry of reconciliation (2Corinthians 5:18 et seq.). He stands in the same relation to the Father as that in which they stand to Him. He declares to them, and they in His name are to declare to the world, the fulness of the Father's love, and the peace between man and God, witnessed to in His life and death. He and they stand also in the same relation to the world. At this very moment they are assembled with shut doors, for fear of the Jews, who are triumphing over Him as dead. But to that world, which will hate, persecute, and kill them, as it had hated, persecuted, and killed Him, they are sent as He was sent; they are to declare forgiveness, mercy, love, peace, as He had declared them, to every heart that does not harden itself against them; and they are to find in His presence, as He had ever found in the Father's presence, the support which will ever bring peace to their own hearts (John 14:27). . . .

Verses 21-23. -

(4) Peace, spiration of the Holy Spirit, and conference of power to remit or retain sin. Verse 21. - Therefore [Jesus] said unto them again, Peace be unto you. With added emphasis, and in obvious reference to his valedictory discourse, he gave to them the essence of his own sublime repose, the blending of an infinite joy with a measureless sorrow; the equilibrium that springs from the spirit mastering the flesh. Not an ecstatic rapture, nor a joy that would make their life on earth insupportable by its contrast with their abiding frame of mind; but peace - "the peace of God, which passeth understanding." The first "peace" gave to all who were assembled a new revelation; the second "peace," a summons to service. The Lord added the memorable words, As the Father hath sent me (ἀπέσταλκε, hath sent me on a special commission), I also send you (πέμπω, charge you to go forth and accomplish this commission of mine); see Westcott's excursus on the New Testament usage of the two verbs, which does much to justify these shades of meaning. Both verbs are used of both the mission of the Son and the mission of believers, but in the two senses,

(1) that sometimes the special service on which he or they are sent is emphasized by the use of ἀποστέλλω; and

(2) that at other times the simple mission or sending forth is the dominant idea when πέμπω is employed. Thus in John 4:38 the Lord says, "I sent (ἀπέστειλα) you to reap that on which ye bestowed no labor;" and John 17:18 (see note) the same word is appropriately used twice - for the Lord's own commission, and also for the commission of the disciples. Then it seems to point back to an event in their history and the work done already and before Christ's death for the world. Now the disciples have a new conception of Christ and of his work, and they must go forth to fulfill it. This usage of ἀποστέλλω is more or less conspicuous in John 1:6; John 3:28; John 5:33; John 18:24. Πέμπω is used often to describe the Father's mission of the Son, the mission of the Comforter, and the mission of the disciples (John 13:20; John 14:26; John 16:7). Moulton says, " Ἀροστέλλω means 'commission' and πέπμω 'mission.' With the first word our thoughts turn to the 'special embassy;' with the second, to the authority of the ' ambassador' and the obedience of the sent." Another peculiarity of this passage is that the Lord uses the perfect tense, ἀπέσταλκε, rather than the aorist used elsewhere, suggesting a complete commission on his own side, whose meaning and effects are still in operation. Those who have received this revelation are to become at once witnesses to the fact of his resurrection, agents and organs of his Spirit. Moulton suggests that τέμπω is used in order to enforce the physical separation between the Lord and his disciples; and that we cannot overlook in the similarity of the ideas the difference in the manner of the sending, by the Savior of the disciples, from the manner in which the Son had been sent by the Father. Christ came forth from the eternal companionship of the Father, in the fact of his incarnation, taking humanity up into his eternal substance. The disciples were sent forth by the risen Lord, who had called them by grace into fellowship with himself, and who equipped them for his service. The difference in these two methods of sending is as conspicuous as the resemblance.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Again
πάλιν (palin)
Adverb
Strong's 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

said
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Peace [be]
Εἰρήνη (Eirēnē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.

with you.
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

As
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father
Πατήρ (Patēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

has sent Me,
ἀπέσταλκέν (apestalken)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

so also I
κἀγὼ (kagō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.

am sending
πέμπω (pempō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

you.”
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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