20:29
Jesus was happy to give Thomas the evidence, but He then goes on to stress that those who have not seen Him are even more blessed. This is so important. For in a short time Jesus was going to ascend to the Father, we cannot see the risen Christ. If seeing the risen Christ for ourselves was the key to faith then we are all in a bad state. But we do not need to see Him, we can believe on the evidence of the first witnesses.
20:30,31
These two verses seem to form a natural end to the gospel, with the final chapter being a sort of epilogue. Here John states the purpose of his gospel. First he highlights that Jesus had actually done many other signs in the presence of the disciples. John had just chosen a select few, and these were chosen with a purpose. John has crafted his gospel so that its readers “may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God”. By believing this they would have life in Jesus’ name. This should be the purpose of all of our teaching and preaching.
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