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John 20
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New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Read in the Church
In the coming year this chapter is read in the Katameros on 9 occasions.
- Sunday, December 6, 2026Hatour 27Matins Gospel: John 20:1–18
- Sunday, May 2, 2027Baramoudah 24 · Resurrection FeastLiturgy Gospel: John 20:1–18
- Monday, May 3, 2027Baramoudah 25 · Holy Fifty DaysVespers Gospel: John 20:19–23
- Saturday, May 8, 2027Baramoudah 30 · Holy Fifty DaysMatins Gospel: John 20:19–23
- Sunday, May 9, 2027Bashans 1 · Thomas SundayLiturgy Gospel: John 20:19–31
- Sunday, July 4, 2027Baounah 27Matins Gospel: John 20:1–18
- Sunday, August 1, 2027Abib 25Matins Gospel: John 20:1–18
- Sunday, August 29, 2027Misra 23Matins Gospel: John 20:1–18
The Fathers on John 20
181 passages from Fathers received by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Open a group of verses to read.
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Verse 17 passages
John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Dionysius of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, Hesychius of Jerusalem
Verse 25 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Eusebius of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 3–44 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Eusebius of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus
Verses 3–81 passage
John Chrysostom
Verses 5–72 passages
Eusebius of Caesarea, Augustine of Hippo
Verse 51 passage
John Chrysostom
Verses 6–71 passage
John Chrysostom
Verse 81 passage
John Chrysostom
Verses 8–93 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 91 passage
John Chrysostom
Verses 10–113 passages
Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom
Verse 101 passage
Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 113 passages
Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom
Verse 125 passages
John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 135 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 14–152 passages
John Chrysostom
Verse 143 passages
Jerome, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 14–162 passages
Augustine of Hippo
Verse 153 passages
Gregory of Nazianzus, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 163 passages
John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Severus of Antioch
Verse 1723 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Tertullian, Cyril of Alexandria, Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom, Irenaeus, Hilary of Poitiers, Ephrem the Syrian, Ambrosiaster, Gregory of Nazianzus, Ambrose of Milan, Ignatius of Antioch
Verse 184 passages
Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 198 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom
Verse 207 passages
Irenaeus, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 20–211 passage
John Chrysostom
Verses 21–221 passage
Cyprian
Verse 217 passages
Cyprian, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria, John Chrysostom
Verse 2212 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Athanasius of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, Irenaeus, Pope Urban I, Cyprian, Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory of Nazianzus
Verses 22–233 passages
John Chrysostom, Ambrosiaster
Verse 239 passages
John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria, Tertullian, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome
Verse 242 passages
Irenaeus, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 24–251 passage
John Chrysostom
Verse 254 passages
Cyril of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Ammonius of Alexandria
Verse 265 passages
Irenaeus, Hilary of Poitiers, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 2713 passages
Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Antioch, Hippolytus of Rome, Cyprian, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 27–291 passage
Augustine of Hippo
Verse 288 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Ignatius of Antioch, Tertullian, Athanasius of Alexandria, Ambrose of Milan, John Cassian, Cyril of Alexandria
Verses 28–291 passage
John Chrysostom
Verse 298 passages
Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom
Verses 30–313 passages
John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Cyril of Alexandria
Verse 314 passages
Tertullian, Irenaeus
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Commentary
English
Arabic
English: Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty’s commentary in its English translation, as printed. Arabic commentaries by Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Fr. Antonios Fekry and the priests and servants of St. Mark’s, Heliopolis.