The Manifestation to S. Thomas and others

Peculiar to S. John

24. Thomas See on John 11:16.

the twelve See on John 6:67.

was not with them His melancholy temperament might dispose him to solitude and to put no trust in the rumours of Christ's Resurrection if they reached him on Easter Day. And afterwards his despondency is too great to be removed by the testimony even of eye-witnesses. The test which he selects has various points of contact with the surroundings. The wounds had been the cause of his despair; it is they that must reassure him. The print of them would prove beyond all doubt that it was indeed His Lord that had returned to him. Moreover, the Ten had no doubt told him of their own terror and hesitation, and how Jesus had invited them to -handle Him and see" in order to convince themselves. This would suggest a similar mode of proof to S. Thomas.

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