He was not just a bigger prophet, he was the Son of God, the Son of God and the Risen One, and so he can require this condition to follow him as also a witness of love, of availability for the mission.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/once-papabile-bishop-maker-cardinal-marc-ouellet-retires

In his text, the Pope commented on the Gospel reading in which the Risen Christ appears to the apostles and shows them his punctured hands and side.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/read-the-message-for-divine-mercy-sunday-that-pope-john-paul-ii-wrote-just-before-he-died