They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." (John 20:13, NIV)
Devotion
Mary clung to Jesus so …
Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' " (John 20:17, NIV)
Thomas' Reactions
Disbelief
So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." (John 20:25, NIV)
Declaration
Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28, NIV)
