But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
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- KJV But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- BSB Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
- NKJV Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
- NASB But Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- NLT One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came.
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- John 11:16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”
- Heb 10:25not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
- John 6:66–67At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- John 21:2Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
- John 14:5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
- Matt 10:3Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;
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