Appearance of Jesus to Thomas in 20:24-29After the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples underwent so much confusion, trouble and doubt to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. Unlike other gospels, John presents us with a more decent description of Jesus' appearance to one of the disciples (Thomas). The incident of seeing and believing turned out to prove the difference between hearing and believing and seeing and believing. It's really amazing how Jesus appeared to all the disciples in Thomas' absence and then later the disciples shared the news of seeing Jesus to Thomas but he didn't believe it because he wanted to prove it by seeing for himself. Later, Jesus appears in Thomas's house and the question arises: Did Jesus really want to prove himself to Thomas in the presence of the rest of the disciples or did he just want to spend some time with all his disciples before going to the sky? As many have called Thomas' skepticism of doubt for not believing his fellow students that Jesus was resurrected, it becomes something of a funnel for the Christian faith when we look at our daily lives today. It was not a sin for him not to believe because it shows that he could not be easily convinced, which I would relate to the fact that there are false prophets who claim to proclaim the word of God even when they are anti-Christ. What I'm trying to say is that Thomas was blessed because he believed based on the testimony. When we obviously look at how Jesus entered the locked house, this proves his own words in the book of John 10:7,9 where he claims to be the door. “Jesus is not suggesting that Thomas should stop doubting, but rather he identifies Thomas' state as unbelief. Jesus calls Thomas to move away from the middle of paper......and from marturia: John 20:24-31. " Proceedings (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 25, (January 1, 2005): 169 -178. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed April 10, 2014). 2. Johnson, Brian D. "Thomas and marturia: John 20:24-31" (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 25, (Jan. 1, 2005): 172.. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed April 10, 2014). 3 James L. Mays. Harper Collins Bible Commentary, with HarperSanFrancico. United States of America. New York. 1988. John Barton, John Muddiman. Oxford University Press. of recognition in the ancient world » Perspectives in Religious Studies 33, no. 4 (December 1, 2006): 435-447, EBSCOhost (accessed April. 11, 2014).