In the Gospel of John, Chapter 11, we learn about the time when Jesus announced to the Disciples that he was going to Judea to visit Lazarus who had been ill. Jesus knew that he had already died, although the Disciples did not know this. The Disciples warned Jesus strongly against such a journey, as the Jews were even then trying to find and stone Him. The scripture says, "Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, 'Let us also go, that we may die with him.'" So Thomas didn't lack any backbone for the Lord, even though he questioned and doubted.
In Chapter 14 of John's Gospel we hear Thomas questioning again ~ a question with an answer from Jesus that gives us a basis for our belief and faith. Jesus begins by saying, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going." After these comments by Jesus, John gives us the great and simple question from Thomas, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" This is the question that we in our time are seeking an answer to.
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