Overview
Thomas, listed among the twelve apostles in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, and Luke 6:15, is primarily known from John's Gospel. He showed courage when Jesus went to Lazarus, saying "Let us also go, that we may die with him" (John 11:16). Yet Thomas is most remembered for doubting the resurrection until encountering the risen Jesus personally.
Key Scriptures
"But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, 'We have seen the Lord.' But he said to them, 'Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will not believe.'" (John 20:24-25, ESV)
"Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!'" (John 20:28, ESV)
"Jesus said to him, 'Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'" (John 20:29, ESV)
Application
Like Thomas, bring your honest doubts to Jesus rather than away from Him, trusting that faith deepens through encounter with Christ's reality.