Where did the term "Doubting Thomas" originate?

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I will not pick the best answer...

Answer 1

Thomas was one of Jesus' desciples and he always questioned and doubted what Jesus stated. He was one that had to have proof..therefore the saying doubting Thomas was born.

Answer 2

Doubting Thomas is a term that is used to describe someone who will refuse to believe something without direct, personal evidence; a skeptic
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The term is based on the Biblical account of Thomas the Apostle, who doubted the resurrection of Jesus and demanded to feel Jesus' wounds before being convinced (John 20:24-29). This was one of the first accounts of visions of Jesus and Mary to claim physical contact. After seeing Jesus alive and receiving the opportunity to touch his wounds — according to the author of the Gospel of John — Thomas professed his faith in Jesus; on this account he is also called Thomas the Believer.

Answer 3

This comes from the Bible when Jesus had risen from the grave after being crucified. He returned to the upper room where the disciples were, and Thomas wasn't there at the time. And when he came, he said he would not believe until he saw the scars in his hands where they put the nails through them and the where they put the sword through his side. And Jesus told Thomas to come to him and put his fingers in the holes where the nails were and the hole where the sword went.. Therefore, getting the name... Doubting Thomas... Because he doubted the Jesus rose from the grave.

Answer 4

Because the Apostle Thomas will not take to word of the other Apostles when they said they have seen the risen Lord in their locked upper room. When Christ appeared a second time to the Apostles with Thomas present, the Lord said to Thomas, "Put you hand into my side, and the feel the nail marks on my hands and feet, and believe".

Answer 5

Thomas in the Bible. Who cares whether you pick the best answer. I do this only because I like to. It gives me company. I feel like I've been communicating with people when I am through. Most people don't pick a best answer any way. You won't be any different.

Answer 6

I must say I'm not religious, but I know the term came from when Jesus's disciple Thomas supposedly didn't believe that he had risen from the dead-- hence a 'doubting Thomas'.

Answer 7

The original 'doubting Thomas' was one of Jesus' disciples. When Jesus rose and came back to visit the disciples Thomas would not believe it really was him until he could touch the wounds inflicted by the crucifixion.

Answer 8

Saint Thomas the Apostle did not believe the other Apostles when they told him Jesus Christ had risen from the dead and appeared to them. He continued to be skeptical until Christ appeared to him and he placed his hand into the wound in Christ's side. The term "Doubting Thomas" is named for him and indicates a person who refuses to believe until a proposition has been proven to him.

Answer 9

Thomas was one of The Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ-son of God The Father. After Jesus had risen from the dead he appeared to his disciples in the upper room whose door was locked. Thomas would not believe it was Christ until He showed him His crucifixion wounds. Thats why he got the name "Doubting Thomas"

Answer 10

It originated in John 20:27. Here is the passage from John 20 (NIV):

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.

It is the last sentence where the term comes from.

Answer 11

St. John Chapter 20 verse 24-28:

Thomas Didymus, one of the 12 disciples, did not go with the others to meet the ressurrected Christ. The others told him, "We saw Him, "but he said unto them, "Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe."

Only when he saw Jesus, and touched Him, did he believe.
Ever after was he referred to as the "Doubting Thomas"