Thomas
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twin, one of the twelve ( Matthew 10:3 ; Mark 3:18 , etc.). He was also called Didymus ( John 11:16 ; 20:24 ), which is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name. All we know regarding him is recorded in the fourth Gospel ( John 11:15 John 11:16 ; John 14:4 John 14:5 ; John 20:24 John 20:25 John 20:26-29 ). From the circumstance that in the lists of the apostles he is always mentioned along with Matthew, who was the son of Alphaeus ( Mark 3:18 ), and that these two are always followed by James, who was also the son of Alphaeus, it has been supposed that these three, Matthew, Thomas, and James, were brothers.
Named in 12 verses
- Matthew 10:3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;
- Mark 3:18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
- Luke 6:15 Matthew; Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus; Simon who was called the Zealot;
- John 11:16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
- John 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
- John 20:26 After eight days, again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to
- John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
- John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
- John 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
- John 21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
- Acts 1:13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James