unfoldingWord_en_tn/jhn/20/19.md

General Information:

It is now evening and Jesus appears to the disciples.

that day, the first day of the week

This refers to Sunday.

the doors of where the disciples were, were closed

You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "the disciples had locked the doors where they were" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

for fear of the Jews

Here "Jews" is a synecdoche for the Jewish leaders who might arrest the disciples. Alternate translation: "because they were afraid that the Jewish leaders might arrest them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

Peace to you

This is a common greeting that means "May God give you peace" .