17. יהושע said to her, “Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My Elohim and your Elohim.’ ”
18. Miryam from Mag̅dala came announcing to the taught ones that she had seen the Master, and that He had told her this.
19. When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week,and when the doors were shut where the taught ones met, for fear of the Yehuḏim, יהושע came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace to you.”
20. And having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The taught ones therefore rejoiced when they saw the Master.
21. Then יהושע said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
22. And having said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Set-apart Spirit.
23. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”
24. But T’oma, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when יהושע came,
25. so the other taught ones said to him, “We have seen the Master.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the imprint of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I shall by no means believe.”
26. And after eight days His taught ones were again inside, and T’oma with them. יהושע came, the doors having been shut, and He stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
27. Then He said to T’oma, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands. And bring your hand and put it into My side – and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28. And T’oma answered and said to Him, “My Master and my Elohim!”
29. יהושע said to him, “T’oma, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
30. There were indeed many other signs that יהושע did in the presence of His taught ones, which are not written in this book,