Note 4 at Joh 20:29: The type of faith that Thomas operated in was human, or natural, faith based on what he could see. Jesus said there was a greater blessing to be obtained. That greater blessing comes from using a supernatural, God-kind of faith based only on God's Word (see note 2 at Mt 8:10).

Human faith has to be based on physical evidence. It cannot believe what it cannot see. However, God's kind of faith, which has been imparted to every believer (Ro 12:3), is evidence enough (Heb 11:1; see note 2 at Mt 17:20 and note 8 at Mr 11:24).