Acts' Corroboration Of Thomas' Place In John

I want to add a lesser point to what I discussed in my last post. Thomas doesn't have the prominence Philip does in the lists of Jesus' disciples in the Synoptics and Acts. But there is something unusual in Acts that adds some small corroboration to Thomas' somewhat prominent role in the fourth gospel. Notice that Thomas is mentioned sixth, just after Philip, in Acts 1:13. So, there's some pairing of Philip and Thomas outside of John's gospel. They're the two disciples given the most additional attention when moving from the Synoptics to John, and they speak one right after the other in John 14:5-8. We shouldn't expect the lists of the disciples to always have every disciple in the same order. Different ones will come to mind in different orders and in different associations on different occasions. The lists in the Synoptics and Acts have some consistencies, but also some inconsistencies, which is common with lists of names and other kinds of lists in other contexts in life. Still, Acts 1:13 provides an example of not only Philip being somewhat prominent, but also his being remembered alongside Thomas.