John 20:28 (KJV) And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Thomas clearly exclaims "my Lord and my God" to Jesus. Understandable as seeing Jesus is seeing God the Father. He's the image of the invisible God.
Look back a few chapters where Thomas and Peter are asking Jesus about which way to go, and how to see the Father.
John 14:5-9 (KJV) Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Thomas didn't call Jesus God, he simply declared "seeing" both Jesus and God the Father when in Jesus' presence.
Trying to claim Thomas thought Jesus was Yahweh God almighty is untenable. Jews read the shema everyday. Hear O Israel Yahweh is ONE.
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