It is doubtless that Thomas was addressing the risen Christ when he exclaimed “My Lord and my God” Ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου. consider, for example, the phrase “my King and my God,” (ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ θεὸς μου) appears twice in the LXX of Psa. 5:3 and also Psa. 83:4(84:4).
White comments “No angel, no prophet, no sane human being, could ever allow himself to be (similarly) addressed,” (The Forgotten Trinity. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1998, p. 70.)
In the first century, the Roman Emperor Domitian was given the royal address, “our Lord and God (dominus et deus noster)” throughout his reign. (Suetonius, Life of Domitianus, XIII. 2.) The Latin Vulgate more closely illustrates the similarity of the two forms of address, using ei Dominus meus et Deus meus for Christ. It may very well be that John deliberately applied this sort of language to Christ himself, is the true Sovereign of the Gentiles not the Caesars.
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