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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 60022, member: 44&quot;]I&#039;m a bit late to this thread. The last couple of days gave been preocupied with medical tests, stuff and such. I also agree with the others that this is a take off on the &quot;Doubting Thomas&quot; story. He is probably the patron saint of Missouri, the &quot;Show-me&quot; state. LOL Thomas seems to be always depicted in short dark hair. There have been several paintings of this story with the most famous being &quot;The Incredulity of Saint Thomas&quot; by Caravaggio. </p><p><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio)" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio)</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the paintings of this story include at least 2 other disciples looking on as Thomas examines the wound in Jesus&#039; side and the nail holes in his palms. The other disciples are never IDed in the paintings, but there always seems to be one partially bald that is assumed to be Peter. Like Fig said, John the younger seems to be depicted with long hair. I think you are safe in assuming that Thomas, John &amp; Peter are portrayed in this painting, but doubt you can assume the 4th is James. There just isn&#039;t enough showing of the last man to assume his identity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other paintings of this story:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22doubting+Thomas%22+picture&amp;client=safari&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=649&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=56ppVfijCaLisATyqIAo&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22doubting+Thomas%22+picture&amp;client=safari&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=649&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=56ppVfijCaLisATyqIAo&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=&quot;doubting+Thomas&quot;+picture&amp;client=safari&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=649&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=56ppVfijCaLisATyqIAo&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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