REtherman ~
RE: "Doesn't [the story of Doubting Thomas] indicate that he doubted the being before him was the risen Jesus?"
No. Obviously you didn't read the account about Thomas in John 20 before posting your question.
RE: "If he believed that Jesus rose from the dead then why would he doubt that Jesus could physically manifest himself afterwards?"
I don't think he would, which interlocks with the point of my post here: the doubts referred to in Matthew 28:17 were not that sort of doubts.
Diskeyezed ~
D: "It's clearly implied that they doubted Jesus' resurrection. What else would they have doubted? Also, keep in mind that their doubt is specified before Jesus approached them, so by this account they hadn't yet seen the risen Jesus."
It looks like you've found another way to resolve the SAB's objection: the doubts mentioned in Matthew 28:17 were simply the effect of seeing Jesus from a distance, when He was too far away to identify. Thanks.
Yours in Christ,
Waterrock
RE: "Doesn't [the story of Doubting Thomas] indicate that he doubted the being before him was the risen Jesus?"
No. Obviously you didn't read the account about Thomas in John 20 before posting your question.
RE: "If he believed that Jesus rose from the dead then why would he doubt that Jesus could physically manifest himself afterwards?"
I don't think he would, which interlocks with the point of my post here: the doubts referred to in Matthew 28:17 were not that sort of doubts.
Diskeyezed ~
D: "It's clearly implied that they doubted Jesus' resurrection. What else would they have doubted? Also, keep in mind that their doubt is specified before Jesus approached them, so by this account they hadn't yet seen the risen Jesus."
It looks like you've found another way to resolve the SAB's objection: the doubts mentioned in Matthew 28:17 were simply the effect of seeing Jesus from a distance, when He was too far away to identify. Thanks.
Yours in Christ,
Waterrock
