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Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 20:28 · World English Bible

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The Scripture echoesIsaiah 45:22-23

God swears that every knee will bow and every tongue swear to Him alone, and Thomas bows to Jesus.

“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

Fulfilled herePhilippians 2:10-11

Paul applies Isaiah's 'every knee… every tongue' to Jesus Christ as Lord.

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The same threadPsalm 22:28

'The kingdom is the LORD's, and he rules over the nations,' and Thomas calls Jesus his Lord and his God.

For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations.