יהושע said to him, “T’oma, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,
for we walk by belief, not by sight –
And belief is the substance of what is expected, the proof of what is not seen.
By belief, he left Mitsrayim, not fearing the wrath of the sovereign, for he was steadfast, as seeing Him who is invisible.
“Blessed is she who believed, for that which יהוה has said to her shall be accomplished!”
יהושע then said to him, “If you people do not see signs and wonders, you do not believe at all.”
So, then, the other taught one, who came to the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.
And having obtained witness through the belief, all these did not receive the promise,
“And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
And T’oma answered and said to Him, “My Master and my Elohim!”