Then Jesus told him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.' Jesus commends faith that's not based on personal encounter.
Thomas got to see and touch. We don't. Yet the blessing goes to those of us who believe without that verification. That's a wild kind of faith—trusting report, trusting transformation in others, trusting the text and tradition without direct encounter. John seems to be saying: that's actually the more mature faith. Not less, but more.
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