The Wounds He Did Not Hide
"Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 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.” A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 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.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”"
— John 20:24-28
Didymus is Greek for twin, and the Aramaic name this man carried means the same. John translates such words in many places, for a reader who did not know the local language. Earlier in this same book, he urged the others to go and die beside their teacher. The rest had not been asked to take anything on hearsay either. That same evening they were given the identical proof, and only then did the room fill with joy. So he asked for nothing the others had not already received. The Greek reckons eight days, counting the first and the last, which lands on the same weekday. They had shut themselves in, afraid of the authorities who had pressed for their teacher's execution. The wound in his torso came from a soldier's spear, pushed in after he had died. The line rendered as an order about doubt holds no word for uncertainty; literally it says, do not become unbelieving, but believing. Nothing in the account says he reached out and touched anything. The one who said out loud that he was not convinced is the one who was invited to come and check.