Now they all feared the attacks of the
Jews, but Thomas above the rest; wherefore also he said, ‘Let us go,
that we also may die with Him’ [John 11:16]. Some say that he desired
himself to die; but it is not so; the expression is rather one of
cowardice. Yet he was not rebuked, for Christ as yet supported his
weakness, but afterwards he became stronger than all, and invincible.
For the wonderful thing is this; that we see one who was so weak before the C
rucifixion,
become after the Crucifixion, and after having believed in the
Resurrection, more zealous than any. So great was the power of Christ.
The very man who dared not go in company with Christ to Bethany, the
same while not seeing Christ ran well nigh through the inhabited world,
and dwelt in the midst of nations that were full of murder, and desirous
to kill him.
St. John Chrysostom
