耶稣复活后,“那十二个门徒中,有称为低土马的多马。耶稣来的时候,他没有和他们同在。(Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.)那些门徒就对他说,我们已经看见主了。多马却说,我非看见他手上的钉痕,用指头探入那钉痕,又用手探入他的肋旁,我总不信。(So the other disciples told him,‘We have seen the Lord!’But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.’《约翰福音:20:25—26》)”
当然,多马后来见到了主。耶稣“就对多马说,伸过你的指头来,摸(摸原文作看)我的手。伸出你的手来,探入我的肋旁。不要疑惑,总要信。(Then he said to Thomas,‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’《约翰福音:20:27》)”
多马毕竟是耶稣的亲传弟子,他一下子就醒悟了。“多马说,我的主,我的神。(Thomas said to him,‘My Lord and my God!’《约翰福音:20:28》)
对此,耶稣又讲了一个道理:“你因看见了我才信。那没有看见就信的,有福了。(Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.《约翰福音:20:29》)”