Can anyone explain this?

Question

John 20
24Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
26A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then 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."
28Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
29Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

30Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31But these are written that you may[a] believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Please explain what it means

Please explain what verse 28 means

Answer 1

Verse 23. Whose soever sins ye remit - (According to the tenor of the Gospel, that is, supposing them to repent and believe) they are remitted, and whose soever sins ye retain (supposing them to remain impenitent) they are retained. So far is plain. But here arises a difficulty. Are not the sins of one who truly repents, and unfeignedly believes in Christ, remitted, without sacerdotal absolution? And are not the sins of one who does not repent or believe, retained even with it? What then does this commission imply? Can it imply any more than,

1. A power of declaring with authority the Christian terms of pardon; whose sins are remitted and whose retained? As in our daily form of absolution; and

2. A power of inflicting and remitting ecclesiastical censures? That is, of excluding from, and re-admitting into, a Christian congregation.

Verse 26. After eight days - On the next Sunday.

Verse 28. And Thomas said, My Lord and my God - The disciples had said, We have seen the Lord. Thomas now not only acknowledges him to be the Lord, as he had done before, and to be risen, as his fellow disciples had affirmed, but also confesses his Godhead, and that more explicitly than any other had yet done. And all this he did without putting his hand upon his side.
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Answer 2

Thomas did not believe the other disciples, that Jesus appeared to them. Stating he would not believe until he seen for himself. When Jesus reappeared again, Thomas seen and then believed. That is where the phrase Doubting Thomas comes from. verse 28 Thomas after seening and believeing said My Lord, my God.

Answer 3

Many bible scholars agree that there is not enough context to prove or disprove what Thomas meant by the expression My Lord and my God.

Was he using a Greek idiom (as in the case of you great aunt whom you thought died, walks in and you say "Oh my God")

or was actually he referring to Jesus as God?

If you insist on the second thought, Then it must be in harmony with Judges 13:21,22

Where the angel of Jehovah is called "God"

Why do we know this? because just 2 verses later John, who was there said he used this story to prove that Jesus was the Son of God.

If you get anything else out of the scriptures you are going contrary to John's stated purpose of writing the account.

Answer 4

This is why he was called (Doubting Thomas). He (Thomas) wanted proof positive that it was (in fact) Jesus who the disciples had saw come back to life from the grave. Once He touched the hands, and feet of Jesus, and thrust his hand into the place they pierced Jesus in the heart, Thomas was convinced that YES indeed it was Jesus himself come back to life.
Many people today still doubt that Jesus rose from the Dead. One faith admit Jesus was crucified, but denies that he came back to life. Yet another faith say that (Jesus is nothing, but a prophet),and that he did not even die on the cross, that (their fake God) put a duplicate in the place of Jesus, and Jesus died of old age. Both theories are wrong. As you yourself read, Jesus died on the cross, and rose on the 3rd day, and is alive, and living in Heaven with God his father.

Answer 5

Thomas represents most people that don't believe in God or anything they cant see. He had no faith til he saw Jesus and the marks.But Jesus said Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed....he is talking about true faith in God,if you have to have proof all the time of his existence then you have no faith,and that's what being saved is based on .

Answer 6

That's the Christian legend about how Thomas doubted that zombie Jesus was real, so zombie Jesus had Thomas poke his finger through zombie Jesus' hand to prove for himself. The Bible says many silly things. This is just one of many.

It is funny that Christians both tout this story and tell us atheists that we shouldn't ask for evidence, just believe. It's ok for Thomas to ask for evidence, but not the rest of us. Hmm....

Answer 7

"Seeing is believing"
Believing without seeing takes faith and trust in someone or something.
Most people like the one in your example think it is a risky business.

Answer 8

Is where the term "doubting Thomas" got its origin. I don't understand what you want explained.. Is all there.

Answer 9

It means a magic guy living in the sky returned after being killed and another guy didn't believe it, and the magic guy was annoyed by that.

The second explanation is, it's a work of fiction.

Answer 10

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