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ThomasΘωμᾶςansweredἀπεκρίθηandκαὶsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“My LordὉ κύριός μουandκαὶmy God!”ὁ θεός μου
John 20:28
Study it in the app“Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!””
Thomas sets conditions for believing, and Jesus offers themThe ResurrectionThomas wants to see before believing, and Jesus comes back for himFaith
With the Greek beneath
John 20:28, word by word
- ThomasΘωμᾶςThōmas
Thomas
Thomas, one of the Twelve; his Aramaic name means "twin".
Where else “Thōmas” appears- answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithē
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “My Lordκύριόςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- my Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears
The context
27Then he says to Thomas, “Bring your finger here and see my hands; and bring your hand and put it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 · This verse (above)
29Jesus says to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Happy are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
To study John 20 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary Magdalene see at the tomb, and at what moment does she recognize Jesus? (vv. 11-18)
2. What it means
Thomas says he will not believe without seeing and touching, and then answers, “My Lord and my God.” What does Jesus say to him? (vv. 24-29)
3. How I live it
John wrote these signs so that we may believe and have life (v. 31). What doubt or question would you like to bring to Jesus today?