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26. ἡμ. ὀκτώ. Including both extremes, according to the Jewish method. This is therefore the Sunday following Easter Day. We are not to understand that the disciples had not met together during the interval, but that there is no appearance of Jesus to record. They are left to ponder over what they have seen. The first step is here taken towards establishing ‘the Lord’s Day’ as the Christian weekly festival. The Passover is over, so that the meeting of the disciples has nothing to do with that. It is not clear why they had not already started for Galilee as commanded (Mar 16:7; Mat 28:7). Perhaps the obstinacy of S. Thomas had detained them. Πάλιν and ἔσω shew that the place is the same: the time of day is not given.