Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Then saith he to Thomas (eita legei tw Qomai). Jesus turns directly to Thomas as if he had come expressly for his sake. He reveals his knowledge of the doubt in the mind of Thomas and mentions the very tests that he had named (John 20:25).
Be not faithless (mh ginou apistov). Present middle imperative of ginomai in prohibition, "stop becoming disbelieving." The doubt of Thomas in the face of the witness of the others was not a proof of his superior intelligence. Sceptics usually pose as persons of unusual mentality. The medium who won Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to spiritualism has confessed that it was all humbug, but he deceived the gullible novelist. But Thomas had carried his incredulity too far. Note play on apistov (disbelieving) and pistov (believing).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 20:27:
John 19:34
Acts 1:3
Acts 26:8
1 Corinthians 7:12
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