Bible person
Thomas
The one who needed to see
An honest, questioning apostle who refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw the wounds, and then made the greatest confession: “My Lord and my God!” Tradition says he took the gospel as far as India.
Braver than “doubting”
Before he was known as “Doubting Thomas,” he was the one who said, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him,” as they headed to dangerous Judea (Jn 11:16).
From doubt to the greatest confession
Absent at the first appearance, he refuses to believe without seeing. When he meets Jesus, he makes the highest confession in the Gospel: “My Lord and my God!” Jesus answers with us in mind: “blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Did you know?
- Thomas’ confession is the explicit declaration of Jesus’ divinity in John. John 20:28
Where to read in the Bible
- John 20:24–29
Connections
- linked to Jesus of Nazareth · stated in the text · John 11:16
- linked to Thomas sees the Risen One · stated in the text · John 20:27
- linked to The Twelve Apostles · stated in the text · Mark 3:18