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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON JOHN - JOHN 20:24-31
  by J.C. Ryle
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Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when
Jesus came. The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But
he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and
put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his
side, I will never believe it!"

Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, and
Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and
stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" Then he said to Thomas,
"Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it
into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe." Thomas
replied to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you
believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not
seen and yet have believed."

Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of his
disciples that are not recorded in this book. But these are recorded so
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in his name.

The story of the unbelief of Thomas, related in these verses, is a
narrative peculiar to the Gospel of John. For wise and good reasons it
is passed over in silence by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and was probably
not given to the world until Thomas was dead. It is precisely one of
those passages of Scripture which supply strong internal evidence of the
honesty of the inspired writers. If impostors and deceivers had compiled
the Bible for their own private advantage, they would never have told
mankind that one of the first founders of a new religion behaved as
Thomas here did.

We should mark, for one thing, in these verses, how much Christians may
lose by not regularly attending the assemblies of God\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-john-john-2024-31/
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