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Chris Tilling shared his own translation of John 20:25:<\/p>\n

And Thomas said unto them, \u201cPics or it didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think? Does this preserve the gist of the text while expressing it in a modern idiom?<\/p>\n

See my earlier post on this common expression<\/a> for more on this topic.<\/p>\n

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