John 20:28

28 Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

John 20:28 Meaning and Commentary

John 20:28

And Thomas answered and said unto him
Without examining his hands and side, and as astonished at his condescension and grace, and ashamed of his unbelief:

my Lord and my God;
he owns him to be Lord, as he was both by creation and redemption; and God, of which he was fully assured from his omniscience, which he had given a full proof of, and from the power that went along with his words to his heart, and from a full conviction he now had of his resurrection from the dead. He asserts his interest in him as his Lord and his God; which denotes his subjection to him, his affection for him, and faith in him; so the divine word is called in Philo the Jew, (kuriov mou) , "my Lord" ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Lib. Allegor. l. 2. p. 101.

John 20:28 In-Context

26 And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. [Although] the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said, "Peace to you."

27 Then he said to Thomas, "Place your finger here and see my hands, and place your hand and put [it] into my side. And do not be unbelieving, but believing!"

28 Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, have you believed? Blessed [are] those who have not seen and have believed."

30 Now Jesus also performed many other signs in the presence of the disciples which are not recorded in this book,