‘The verbs tell it all.’

At a glance: Elaine Miles reads from the Gospel of John

Peter and John entering the tomb. | Photo: An Orthodox icon.

There is no more touching and intimate story than that found in chapter twenty of John’s Gospel. It could only have been told by someone who was there, and the different shades of meaning of the verbs used (blepo, theoreo, horaw) tell it all.

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