SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:28
Entonces Toms respondi, y le dijo: ¡Seor mío, y Dios mío!
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 20:28
Verse 28. Thomas answered, &c.] Those who deny the Godhead of Christ would have us to believe that these words are an exclamation of Thomas, made through surprise, and that they were addressed to the Father and not to Christ. Theodoure of Mopsuestia was the first, I believe, who gave the words this turn; and the fifth OEcumenic council, held at Constantinople, anathematized him for it. This was not according to the spirit of the Gospel of God. However, a man must do violence to every rule of construction who can apply the address here to any but Christ. The text is plain: Jesus comes in-sees Thomas, and addresses him; desiring him to come to him, and put his finger into the print of the nails, &c. Thomas, perfectly satisfied of the reality of our Lord's resurrection, says unto him,-MY LORD! and MY GOD! i.e. Thou art indeed the very same person,-my Lord whose disciple I have so long been; and thou art my God, henceforth the object of my religious adoration. Thomas was the first who gave the title of God to Jesus; and, by this glorious confession, made some amends for his former obstinate incredulity. It is worthy of remark, that from this time forward the whole of the disciples treated our Lord with the most supreme respect, never using that familiarity towards him which they had often used before. The resurrection from the dead gave them the fullest proof of the divinity of Christ. And this, indeed, is the use which St. John makes of this manifestation of Christ. See chap. xx. 30, 31. Bishop Pearce says here: "Observe that Thomas calls Jesus his God, and that Jesus does not reprove him for it, though probably it was the first time he was called so." And, I would ask, could Jesus be jealous of the honour of the true God-could he be a prophet-could he be even an honest man, to permit his disciple to indulge in a mistake so monstrous and destructive, if it had been one?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him , etc.] 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 f797 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-29 - That one day in seven should be religiously observed, was a appointment from the beginning. And that, in the kingdom of the Messiah, the first day of the week should be that solemn day, wa pointed out, in that Christ on that day once and again met his disciples in a religious assembly. The religious observance of that da has come down to us through every age of the church. There is not a unbelieving word in our tongues, nor thought in our minds, but it is known to the Lord Jesus; and he was pleased to accommodate himself eve to Thomas, rather than leave him in his unbelief. We ought thus to bea with the weak, Ro 15:1, 2. This warning is given to all. If we ar faithless, we are Christless and graceless, hopeless and joyless Thomas was ashamed of his unbelief, and cried out, My Lord and my God He spoke with affection, as one that took hold of Christ with all his might; "My Lord and my God." Sound and sincere believers, though slo and weak, shall be graciously accepted of the Lord Jesus. It is the duty of those who read and hear the gospel, to believe, to embrace the doctrine of Christ, and that record concerning him, 1Jo 5:11.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ απεκριθη 611 5662 V-ADI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM θωμας 2381 N-NSM και 2532 CONJ ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM ο 3588 T-NSM κυριος 2962 N-NSM μου 3450 P-1GS και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM μου 3450 P-1GS
