But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came - that is, on the evening of the resurrection-day. Why he was absent we know not; but we cannot persuade ourselves, with Stier, Alford, and Luthardt, that it was intentional, from sullen obstinacy. Indeed, the mention here of the fact of his absence seems designed as a loving apology for his slowness of belief.