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Jude

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Judas the Zealot (Matthew 13:55; John 14:22; Acts 1:13), an apostle also called Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18);
  • Judas Iscariot (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19);
  • The Judas called "the son of James" (Luke 6:16), may be the same with the Judas surnamed Thaddaeus. The only thing recorded regarding him is in John 14:22.
  • Jude Thomas, usually identified as Thomas. a brother of Jesus Christ and James the Just. Eusebius records the fact he had two grandsons living in the time of the Emperor Domitian who shared a farm 10 acres in size worth 9000 pieces of silver.

  • By internal evidence, the author of the Epistle of Jude appears to be either the Apostle Jude or Jude, the brother of Jesus Christ. However, some scholars have dated this work a couple of generations later than the time of either Jude.

    St. Jude is the patron saint of just but hopeless causes in the Roman Catholic Church.

    
    
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