Why is the Risen Christ still wounded? In the Gospel of John, the Apostle Thomas states that he will not believe in the Resurrection, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side” (John 20:25). Eight days’ later, Jesus himself appears and invites Thomas to carry out his test, to which Thomas answers with an affirmation of Christ’s divinity: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28).
From this exchange and other instances, such as the mentions of Jesus showing the disciples his hands and his feet (Luke 24:39-40) and his hands and his side (John 20:20), the clear message of Scripture is that the Risen Christ has the same body that was crucified, glorified but still bearing the wounds.
