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Thomas knew with a certainty that Jesus was dead.
All of Jerusalem knew that the rabbi from Galilee had been crucified and hastily buried. How then, he reasoned logically, could he possibly give any credence to the other disciples’ report that Jesus had returned to life and appeared to them (John 20:19-20, 24-25; see also Luke 24:36-43)? Though Thomas was a brave man, one who had been ready to accompany Jesus into danger when the Pharisees were hunting him (John 11:8, 16), he was also a realist who moved only when he was sure of the way to go (14:5). He was a man who would only believe what he could see with his own eyes, who wanted to handle the evidence with his own hands before he would be convinced of anything and commit himself to it wholeheartedly. Thus, it’s become common in colloquial speech to refer to…
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Jesus as God still wants us to BELIEVE that he has deafeated the power of death.He knows that as man we sometimes are limited in faith by our physical sight which actually- sometimes drives our mind.
The work that was ahead of the apostles was one that could only be done - not by their might nor just preaching the gospel with mere words- but with words and strenght that are borne out of every convinction of both their spirit and mind(which could be greatly influenced by sight) that Jesus is RISEN.So it was not just Thomas - other apostles needed to see those marks as well.
For us today,we know that Christ is always willing to give us testimonies of our own, if only we can trust him so that when they come like St Thomas we will exclaim My Lord and My God -but not as a result of our disbelife but in praise and thanksgiving to God for his graces and Love for us.