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Jesus Christ and Thomas
How Jesus Christ and Thomas are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ mentored Thomas.
Thomas asked Jesus the way and heard, "I am the way, the truth, and the life". After the resurrection Thomas would not believe without seeing, and Jesus told him, "be not faithless, but believing".
Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
John 14:5, King James Version
I am the way, the truth, and the life
John 14:6, King James Version
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came
John 20:24, King James Version
be not faithless, but believing
John 20:27, King James Version
My Lord and my God
John 20:28, King James Version
Where they cross: John 20:24-29
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 14:5
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
John 14:6
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 20:24-29
24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
King James Version