Thomas
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Thomas in the Bible Dictionary
- Called DIDYMUS
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One of the twelve apostles
Matt 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15
3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Matthew 10:318 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mark 3:1815 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Luke 6:15 -
Present at the raising of Lazarus
John 11:16
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
John 11:16 -
Asks Jesus the way to the Father’s house
John 14:5
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
John 14:5 -
Absent when Jesus first appeared to the disciples after the resurrection
John 20:24
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20:24 -
Skepticism of
John 20:25
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
John 20:25 -
Sees Jesus after the resurrection
John 20:26–29; 21:1, 2
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 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. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
John 20:261 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
John 21:12 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
John 21:2 -
Lives with the other apostles in Jerusalem
Acts 1:13, 14
13 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.
Acts 1:1314 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Acts 1:14 -
Loyalty of, to Jesus
John 11:16; 20:28
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
John 11:1628 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
John 20:28
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
