Peter’s words may be an event that happened several years earlier when Jesus revealed Himself alive to Thomas, who had doubted the Resurrection. When Thomas finally declared his belief in Jesus as Lord and God, Jesus responded, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed” (John 20:29). This is the category in which Peter’s readers found themselves—they were especially blessed because although they had not literally seen the Savior, they still believed