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Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
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A Clear Claim to Divinity
Commentators unanimously agree that Thomas's words, "My Lord and my God," are not a cry of surprise but a direct address to Jesus. Scholars like Albert Barnes and A.T. Robertson point out that Jesus accepts this title, which He would not do if He were not divine. This moment serves as one of the most explicit confessions of Christ's deity in the entire New Testament.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My Lord and my God. In this passage the name God is expressly given to Christ, in his own presence and by one of his own apostles…
My Lord and my God (Hο κυριος μου κα ο θεος μου). Not exclamation, but address, the vocative case though the form of the nominativ…
19th Century
Anglican
Thomas answered and said unto him.—It is implied that he did not make use of the tests which his Master offered him, but …
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Baptist
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. And T…
Thomas was disposed to believe in Jesus by his personal attachment to him, as he demonstrated previously by his resolute adherence in impending dan…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Thomas answered and said to him Without examining his hands and side, and as astonished at his condescension and…
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That one day in seven should be religiously observed, was an institution from the beginning. And that, in the kingdom of the Messiah, the first day…
13th Century
Catholic
Now the Evangelist presents our Lord’s second appearance. It was to all the disciples, including Thomas.
First, he mentions Christ…
