Thomas

Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, bore a name meaning twin in Aramaic, rendered Didymus in Greek (John 11:16; 20:24). He is best known for his initial refusal to believe the resurrection without tactile evidence (John 20:24-25), a doubt resolved when Jesus appeared and invited him to touch his wounds, prompting Thomas's confession "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28) — among the most direct assertions of Christ's divinity in the Gospels.

Thomas also appears at the raising of Lazarus, urging his fellow disciples to go with Jesus even if it meant dying (John 11:16), and asking at the Last Supper how the disciples could know the way if they did not know where Jesus was going (John 14:5). This question occasioned Jesus's declaration "I am the way, the truth, and the life." Church tradition assigns Thomas missionary work in India, a claim supported by the ancient Mar Thoma church there.