Thomas, on seeing the change in his fellow-disciples and believing what they’d told him, didn’t doubt the resurrection. No, it was rather that Thomas still doubted the crucifixion. Thomas wanted evidence that Jesus had actually died that cruel death - he wanted to see his body wounds - because he was struggling to believe that the event had actually happened. His question was - could Jesus really have died so violently in the first place, if, on coming back to life, he was so free of vengeance, so lacking retribution, so full of forgiveness, so generous with peace?

A talk for The Second Sunday of Easter, 24 April 2022.

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