John 20:25 meaning and explanation

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

John 20:25, Berean Standard Bible

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Thomas, one of the Twelve, had missed the evening appearance when the risen Jesus came to the locked room. When the others tell him, "We have seen the Lord," he answers with a demand for physical proof: the nail marks and the wound in Jesus' side.

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