What did Bruce Metzger think on John 20:28 (the confession of Thomas)
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I managed to find only this:
> "Attention will first be given to certain Biblical statements which teach the true deity of Jesus Christ, but which are not given proper consideration by the sect. The passages will be quoted according to the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ own translation of the New Testament, The New World Translation.
> 1. The Apostle Thomas addressed the risen Lord Jesus Christ with a confession of his deity when he said, “My Master 12 and my God!” (John
> 20:28). If Jesus were not truly divine as God is divine, Thomas erred
> seriously in thus adoring him as God. Furthermore, if his Apostle had
> been in error, it is passing strange that Jesus made no effort to
> correct him. In fact, Jesus is represented not only as accepting such
> an open ascription of deity, 13 but as commending all those who share
> Thomas’s faith (verse 29, “Jesus said to him: ‘Because you have seen
> me have you believed? Happy are those who do not see and yet
> believe.’”)".
("The Jegovah’s Witnesses and Jesus Christ: A Biblical
> and Theological Appraisal", 1953.
> https://bible-researcher.com/metzger.jw.html)
But this quote is very old. Can someone help me to find a newer one? Thank you in advance.
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