A week later (so also New English Bible, New American Bible, Goodspeed, Barclay) is translated “Just over a week later” by Phillips. The phrase is more literally “eight days later” (so Revised Standard Version). John means the Sunday following the first resurrection appearances.

The disciples (so also New American Bible, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch, Jerusalem Bible) is literally “his disciples.” However it is more natural in English to speak of the disciples in such a context rather than “his disciples.”

The adverbial expression indoors must be rendered as a complete clause in some languages, for example, “the disciples were together again; they were inside the house.”

The doors were locked, but Jesus came represents an inversion of the Greek sentence order, which reads “Jesus comes, even though the doors were locked.” John emphasizes the fact that the doors were locked. In this instance John does not mention that the doors were locked because the disciples were afraid of the Jews, as in verse 19. He probably intends to emphasize the miraculous aspect of Jesus’ sudden appearance among his disciples even though the doors are closed. The passive expression the doors were locked may also be rendered as active, for example, “they had locked the doors” or “they had shut the doors with locks.”

Peace be with you is the same greeting as in verse 19 and 21.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1980. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .