Doubting Thomas

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Doubting Thomas (see also... Tom, Tomasz, Tommy)
Main Entry: doubting Thom•as
Pronunciation: \-ˈtä-məs\
Function: noun
Etymology: St. Thomas, apostle who doubted Jesus' resurrection until he had proof of it (John 20:24–29)
Date: 1883
: an incredulous or habitually doubtful person; a term that is used to describe someone who will refuse to believe something without direct, physical, personal evidence; a skeptic.

Thomas, one of the Twelve Honored Disciples, was not with the other eleven disciples when Jesus came and appeared to them after his death. So the disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed;
... blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”



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