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At Evensong, the 1922 office lectionary provides a second lesson particularly appropriate for the Baptism of Our Lord, John 4: "the water that I shall give ... shall be ... a well of water springing up into everlasting life".
(Icon by Sylwia Perczak.)
Remember, it is not Doubting Thomas but Nicene Thomas.
'My Lord and my God!'
Calvin: "this passage is abundantly sufficient for refuting the madness of Arius ... Here also is declared the unity of person in Christ; for the same Jesus Christ is called both God and Lord".