his finger in His hands and side and to feel for himself that He had indeed risen bodily from the dead (John 20:26–27). Because they were eyewitnesses, John and his fellow disciples could confidently confess to Jesus Christ, as Thomas had, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). We Proclaim With this background, the apostle John added in his letter that he and the other disciples had “looked at and touched” the incarnate God both during His earthly ministry and in His resurrected state (1 Jn.