"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.' " John 20:27-29 (NIV)
The Apostle John records that in a post resurrection meeting with His disciples Jesus confronted Thomas who initially did not believe that He had risen from the dead. Jesus told Thomas to touch the holes in His hands and the wound in His side. Thomas saw the evidence of the crucifixion and he believed. Then Jesus said, "Blessed are those who believed without seeing the evidence.
The first time that Jesus appeared to His disciples, who were in a room with the doors locked, after His resurrection, Thomas was not with them. (John 20:19-20 and 20:24-25) The next time that He appeared to them in a room with the doors locked was a week later. (John 20:26) This time Thomas was there with them. Both Luke and John record that Jesus told His disciples to physically examine His wounds from the crucifixion. (Luke 24:36-39 and John 20:24-29) The disciples saw proof for themselves and they believed. Jesus said that all of us who believed in His resurrection, without seeing the physical proof that He is who He says that He is and the He rose from the dead, would be blessed. Our belief and faith comes from hearing The Word of God. (Romans 10:17)
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