Thomas and New Testament Parallels

Thomas in John’s Gospel

1) John 11 – Thomas does not understand

how Jesus can raise Lazarus from the
dead.
2) John 14 – Thomas does not know “the
way”.
3) John 20 – Thomas doubts the
resurrection.

Thomas 5 Luke 8:17 (NRSV) Mark 4:22

Jesus said, "Know what is in
front of your face, and what
is hidden from you will be
disclosed to you. For there is
nothing hidden that will not
be revealed. [And there is
nothing buried that will not
be raised."]
17 For nothing is hidden that
will not be disclosed, nor is
anything secret that will not
become known and come to
light.
22 For there is nothing
hidden, except to be
disclosed; nor is anything
secret, except to come to
light.

Thomas 10 + Thomas 16 Luke 12:49; 51-52 (NRSV) Matthew 10:34-36 (NRSV)

Jesus said, "I have cast fire
upon the world, and look, I'm
guarding it until it blazes."
Jesus said, "Perhaps people
think that I have come to cast
peace upon the world. They
do not know that I have come
to cast conflicts upon the
earth: fire, sword, war. For
there will be five in a house:
there'll be three against two
and two against three, father
against son and son against
father, and they will stand
alone.
49 “I came to bring fire to the
earth, and how I wish it were
already kindled! 51 Do you
think that I have come to
bring peace to the earth? No,
I tell you, but rather division!
52 From now on five in one
household will be divided,
three against two and two
against three; 53 they will be
divided: father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter and
daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law and
daughter-in-law against
mother-in-law.”
34 “Do not think that I have
come to bring peace to the
earth; I have not come to
bring peace, but a sword. 35
For I have come to set a man
against his father, and a
daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law; 36 and
one’s foes will be members
of one’s own household.
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Thomas 8
And he said, The person is like a wise fisherman
who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from
the sea full of little fish. Among them the wise
fisherman discovered a fine large fish. He threw
all the little fish back into the sea, and easily
chose the large fish. Anyone here with two good
ears had better listen!
Thomas 107
Jesus said, The kingdom is like a shepherd who
had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest,
went astray. He left the ninety- nine and looked
for the one until he found it. After he had toiled,
he said to the sheep, 'I love you more than the
ninety- nine.'
Matthew 13:47-52 (NRSV)
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net
that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of
every kind; 48 when it was full, they drew it
ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets
but threw out the bad. 49 So it will be at the end
of the age. The angels will come out and
separate the evil from the righteous 50 and
throw them into the furnace of fire, where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 15:3-7 (NRSV)
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “Which one of
you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of
them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the one that is lost until
he finds it? 5 When he has found it, he lays it on
his shoulders and rejoices. 6 And when he
comes home, he calls together his friends and
neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for
I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I
tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over
one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
righteous persons who need no repentance.
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