Why wasn't St. Thomas with the other apostles when Jesus appeared?

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I don’t believe we know from scripture.
There may well be an apocryphal story concerning it, but I don’t know of one.
It’s in the same class as the identity of St. Peter’s wife and other biblical unknowns.
 
Maybe he was out getting food or such? Someone had to do it- but I guess we simply don’t know. Perhaps one of the ECFs has something to say about it?
 
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St Thomas was the missionary to India. Presumably he was away for a time.
 
For just one week???

Thomas was back that following Sunday when Christ appeared.
 
I think the question this thread raises is quite interesting. We know the other apostles had locked themselves in for fear of the Jewish leaders. Yet Thomas is missing. He always gets a bad rap for doubting the resurrection, we don’t give him enough credit for being brave.
 
All of the timelines of the Bible are approximate.
It was just a thought, sheesh.
 
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I think the question this thread raises is quite interesting. We know the other apostles had locked themselves in for fear of the Jewish leaders. Yet Thomas is missing. He always gets a bad rap for doubting the resurrection, we don’t give him enough credit for being brave.

I agree, why was his doubting any worse that Peter’s denial x 3, or Mary M’s demonic possession, or Matthew’s past as a tax collector? Fr. had a nice homily yesterday about this. He felt the need to defend Tomas, since he is named after him 😉 And he tied it in very nicely with the fact that we are in St. Louis, MO, the “show-me” state LOL
 
Imagine popping out to get a couple of pints of milk and missing Jesus appearing. Poor old Thomas just couldn’t believe his bad luck…
 
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Actually, God used his “missing” status to give him the best of luck!! He got to put his hand and fingers in Jesus’ wounds and make a profession of faith that many of us echo 2000 years later.
 
Yeah. Well-known Jesus follower, out and about in Jerusalem right after the crucifixion? He may have doubted the resurrection but he obviously wasn’t afraid to accompany Christ to paradise.
 
I’m just guessing as the rest were indoors and not out in a boat.
 
Maximilian75 said:
It’s in the same class as the identity of St. Peter’s wife and other biblical unknowns.
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Not everything can be known about Apostles Mary M etc, within the Bible itself, have to go to outside Historical Sources and search where Apostles built synagogues at that time would they be called Churches yet?

Many Apostles fled when Jesus was arrested in fear for their own lives, returned to Galilee, it was Passover time which lasted for 1 week. Aposltes would not have left to go back to Galilee yet would they along with many many who went down to Jerusalem for the yearly Passover?

When Jesus rose it would of been after the weekly Sabbath, where Jesus tells Mary M to go back to Galilee and tell Apostles He had risen? It is a journey is it not also from Jerusalem?

Example : Did not know the Apostles St Mark built a church in Iraq the oldest one destroyed a few years ago sadly, announced as such by the Pope when it occurred. St Philip had 3 daughters. Stand to be corrected but there is Historical Sources. Peace 🙂
 
A priest also said during a homily that Thomas was also absent at the time the Blessed Mother passed away and when he returned, he asked to see her body and that was when they realized her body wasn’t in the tomb. Of course by then he may have been doing his missionary work in India. It did seem odd that Thomas is always the one who wasn’t around when all the others were present. Who knows.
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
It did seem odd that Thomas is always the one who wasn’t around when all the others were present. Who knows.
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Respectfully Hippolytus records Thomas active missionary to Parthnians/Medes/ Hyrcanians/Iran/ Bactrians Afghanistan and died in India. Known as doubting Thomas also known as Didymus.

Hippolytus, Eusebius write on some of the Apostles, missionary where they died and how they died.
Found in searching out first Clement of 67 AD, traveled with St Peter wrote The Travels of Peter, if true.
Peace 🙂
 
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