Evidence Item - v0.7
John 20: Thomas's confession and direct Christ identity
E-SCR-JOHN20-THOMAS-CONFESSION
Visual overview: John 20: Thomas's confession and direct Christ identity visual overview
Classification
- Evidence ID
- E-SCR-JOHN20-THOMAS-CONFESSION
- Corpus/version
- v0.7
- Stage
- stage6
- Category
- Johannine Christology
- Major category
- Scripture / Text
- Sub-category
- Johannine Christology
- BF status
- ready
- Scoring label
- Scored row with active Bayes factors
Navigation
Primary Datum
Datum: John 20:24-29 presents Thomas confessing the risen Jesus as 'My Lord and my God.'
Scoring / Hypothesis Pressure
| Hypothesis | log10BF | Min | Max | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H-CHRIST-AS-LOGOS | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.06 | The confession coheres with John's Logos frame and the canonical Christ-as-Logos synthesis, but overlaps with John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Revelation 5, and 1 Corinthians 8:6. |
H-CHRIST-IDENTITY | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.07 | John 20:24-29 presents Thomas addressing the risen Jesus as Lord and God, modestly supporting direct Christ-identity pressure while remaining capped for Johannine date, genre, and dependency with other high-Christology texts. |
Dependency / Cap Metadata
- dependency_cluster_id
- johannine_logos_identity
- dependency_cluster_role
- sibling_support
- dependency_cluster
- johannine_logos_identity
- dependency_role
- sibling_support
- cap_profile
- moderate_semi_independent
- evidence_function
- direct_identity
- directness
- direct
Apologetic Note
- label
- Direct identity signal
- title
- The confession is addressed to Jesus.
- key point
- John 20 is not only saying that Thomas believed Jesus was alive. The narrative gives a direct confession to Jesus as Lord and God.
- conversation move
- Use this as one governed piece in the Logos family. Pair it with John 1, Revelation 5, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, and 1 Corinthians 8 rather than making it carry the whole Christology case.
- caveat
- Johannine date, genre, and theology matter. The row is capped sibling support, not a standalone proof.
Scripture Passage
John 20:24-29
Caveats / Notes
- Source note
- Use John 20:24-29 with Johannine genre/date controls and both supportive and critical scholarship on Thomas's confession and Johannine Christology.
- Cap notes
- Capped sibling support inside the Logos canonical synthesis family. Do not stack freely with John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Revelation 5, Philippians 2, or 1 Corinthians 8:6.
- Scoring note
- Small direct-identity and Logos support only; not direct Resurrection proof and not an independent Logos anchor.
Citations
- John 20:24-29.
- Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed. (Eerdmans, 2017).
- Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel (Eerdmans, 2008).
- Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Eerdmans, 2003).
- Craig S. Keener, The Gospel of John: A Commentary (Baker Academic, 2003).
- D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Eerdmans, 1991).
- Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John XIII-XXI (Doubleday, 1970), as critical Johannine scholarship.
Recommended Citation
The Signal Evidence Dataset, "John 20: Thomas's confession and direct Christ identity," Evidence ID: E-SCR-JOHN20-THOMAS-CONFESSION, Version 0.7. Accessed [access date]. https://logos-signal.org/evidence/E-SCR-JOHN20-THOMAS-CONFESSION/
Machine-Readable Source
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