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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio, c. 1602. A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience – a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus's crucifixion wounds.
The Eastern Orthodox Church views Thomas's initial doubt much less negatively, even praising it in the Vespers service on Thomas Sunday, stating, "O good unbelief of Thomas!" [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This verse is often used to support the notion that the Bible teaches to value faith over evidence, and is why many Christians continue to shame Thomas ...
A "Doubting Thomas" is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience—a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus' crucifixion wounds.
The disciples kept telling (Greek imperfect word: elegon, in the sense of "attempted to tell" [2]) their vision of Jesus ("We have seen the Lord"), just like what Mary did in John 20:18. [3] Thomas has shown his difficulties to understand Jesus in John 11:16 and John 14:15, and this time he hesitated when confronted with the resurrection ...
The Bible suggests that post-resurrection (yet pre-ascension) physical contact with Jesus is possible, for in John 21:17 Jesus told Mary Magdalene: "Don't touch Me for I have not yet ascended to the Father"". In John 20:27 Jesus ordered Thomas the Apostle: "Put your hand into My side". But the Bible does not mention if Thomas followed that command.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: [1] Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. In the English Standard Version it reads: [2] Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). In the Vulgate Bible the text reads: [3]
In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:24
The elements of doubt eventually remained in the tales. [35] [33] However, Bart Ehrman notes that this explanation is unlikely, as medical literature suggests that “people who have visions tend to believe them wholeheartedly”. [46] According to Ehrman, there are too many elements of doubt in the tales to consider the aforementioned theory ...