Thomas
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou
hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and
[yet] have believed....
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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of
James....
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Then 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....
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Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus
(meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He
is best known for disbelieving Jesus' resurrection when first
told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing
Jesus in John 20:28 . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went
outside the Roman Empire to preach the G...
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twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was
also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the
Greek
equivalent of the Hebrew name. All we know regarding
him is
recorded in the fourth Gospel (John 11:15, 16; 14:4,
5; 20:24,
25, 26-29). From the circumstance that in the lists of
the
apostles he is always mentioned along...
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Hebrew, "twin;" Greek, Didymus. Coupled with Matthew in
Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; but with Philip in Acts
1:13. Matthew modestly puts himself after Thomas in the
second quaternion of the twelve; Mark and Luke give him his
rightful place before Thomas. Thomas, after his doubts were
removed (John 20:28), having attained eminent faith (...
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tom'-as (Thomas; ta'om, "a twin" (in plural only):
1. In the New Testament:
One of the Twelve Apostles. Thomas, who was also called
"Didymus" or "the Twin" (compare Jn 11:16; 20:24; 21:2), is
referred to in detail by the Gospel of John alone. His
election to the Twelve is recorded in Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18; Lk
6:15; Acts 1:13. In Jn 11:1-54, when Jes...
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-Called DIDYMUS
-One of the twelve apostles
Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18; Lu 6:15
-Present at the raising of Lazarus
Joh 11:16
-Asks Jesus the way to the Father's house
Joh 14:5
-Absent when Jesus first appeared to the disciples after the
resurrection
Joh 20:24
-Skepticism of
Joh 20:25
-Sees Jesus after the resurrection
Joh 20:26-29; 21:1,2
-Live...
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(a twin), one of the apostles. According to Eusebius, his
real name was Judas. This may have been a mere confusion
with Thaddeus, who is mentioned in the extract. But it may
also be that; Thomas was a surname. Out of this name has
grown the tradition that he had a twin-sister, Lydia, or
that he was a twin-brother of our Lord; which last, again...
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