Have you ever doubted? If you have, you’re not alone. Sometimes it’s the wise thing to do. But did Jesus’ disciples ever doubt?
“Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshiped him: but some doubted.” (Matthew 28:16-17)
Many people have placed faith in Jesus only to lose that faith later when they find out the Jesus they thought they knew is not who he claimed to be. Are you one of those?
Believe it or not, even some disciples of the real Jesus found themselves doubting when they saw him face-to-face after his resurrection. In the book of Matthew, we read that, on one particular occasion, after meeting up with the disciples at a predetermined location, most of them worshiped but “some doubted.”
Wait. How is this possible? Weren’t these the same guys who saw Jesus appear to them when they were hiding, afraid for their lives (Luke 24:36; John 20:19)? Even doubting Thomas finally believed (John 20:28), so who were the ones doubting in Matthew 28? Could it have been one of them? Possibly. Or maybe even one someone who may have tagged along.