Joh 20:21-23 | JFB | STEP | 19-23. the same day at evening, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus-- plainly not by the ordinary way of entrance. and saith unto them Peace be unto you-- not the mere wish that even His own exalted peace might be theirs ( ), but conveying it into their hearts, even as He "opened their understandings to understand the scriptures" ( ).

‏ John 20:21-23

Joh 20:19-23. Jesus Appears to the Assembled Disciples.

19-23. the same day at evening, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus--plainly not by the ordinary way of entrance.

and saith unto them Peace be unto you--not the mere wish that even His own exalted peace might be theirs (Joh 14:27), but conveying it into their hearts, even as He "opened their understandings to understand the scriptures" (Lu 24:45).