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*HIS NAMES*

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*1.      **It was not uncommon in the NT days for Jews to have two names*

                                                              i.

Usually one was Greek

                                                            ii.

The other was Hebrew

 

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**We have seen in our study of the Apostles.

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                                                              i.

There was Matthew Levi, Thomas Didymus, John and James Boanerges, and perhaps Nathanael Bartholomew.

ii.

Peter had three names, Simon Peter Cephas.

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So did Thaddaeus

                                   

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**Matthew’s list of the apostles refers to him as “Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus” *

 

*Matthew 10:3*   Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

   

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**Mark’s list calls him only “Thaddaeus” *

 

*Mark 3:18* And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,    

 

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**Both of Luke’s writings designate this apostle as “Judas the brother of James”  *

 

*Luke 6:16*    And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

*Acts 1:13*    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

i.

Judas, not the betrayer

1.      Bible goes to great length to separate the two

 

*John 14:22*  Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

2.

One Judas was false, one was true

3.      The traitor was called by the name of his birthplace

4.      Iscariot became a brand of shame

5.

More on this when we study about him

 

                                                            ii.

Judas = Hebrew  ‘Jehovah leads’, or ‘Jehovah will be confessed’

 

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There can be no doubt Luke’s “Judas the brother of James” is identical to Lebbaeus Thaddaeus in Matthew and Mark.

1.      Lebbaeus = Hebrew  ‘heart’ i.e. the warmth and earnestness of character

a.       Also has a connotation of courageous one

2.      Thaddaeus = Hebrew   ‘devotedness’

 

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*This apostle’s name was *Lebbaeus Thaddaeus Judas.*

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**Jude and Judas are identical in the Greek.

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**Because of this, the Apostle Judas has been given credit by many for being the author of the book of Jude.

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                                                              i.

And, he did call himself “the brother of James” (James 1:1).

1.

There are at least four men who were named James in the scriptures

a.       James, the son of Zebedee, brother of the apostle John

b.      James, the son of Mary, half brother of Jesus

c.       James, the son of Alphaeus, a~/k~/a James the Less

d.      James, the unknown father of Thaddaeus a~/k~/a Judas

 

                                                            ii.

While many believe dif­ferently about this, Lebbaeus Thaddaeus Judas wrote the book of Jude,

 

 

*HIS FAMILY*

 

*                 1.

Luke called this apostle “the brother of James” (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13).

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i.

That James is usually taken to be James the Less, who was studied in last week

 

*                 2.

Matthew and Mark list him next to James, the son of Alphaeus,*

i.

So he was likely the James who was Jude’s brother.

ii.

That could also make him a brother to Matthew.

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Jude’s mother would be the same as James’.

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i.                    Her name was Mary,

ii.

She witnessed the crucifixion (Matt.

27:56; Mark 15:40).

iii.

She followed Jesus from Galilee (Luke 23:55).

iv.

She went to Jesus’ tomb early on the day He arose from the grave (Mark 16:1).

v.

She helped carry the news of Christ’s resurrection to the apostles (Luke 24:10).

vi.

She may or may not have been a sister to Mary, the mother of Jesus (John 19:25).

vii.

If they were sisters, Jude the apostle was a cousin to Jesus.

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Thaddaeus’ father was Alphaeus Clophas, if James the less was                             his  brother*

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*                 5.

He had a brother named Joses  *

 

*Matthew 27:56*    Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

*Mark 15:40* There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;    

 

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One thing to think about is the possibility Jude was the son of James.

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i.

The words “the brother” are in italics in Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13.

ii.

Moreover, the literal reading is “Judas of James,”

iii.                which could very well mean he was the son of James the Less or

iv.                one of the others by the name of James.

*HIS QUESTION*

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There is only one personal reference in the New Testament to the *

*                         activities of the Apostle Jude.

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i.

Besides listing his name the only reference to him involves a question he asked the Lord.

*John 14:22*  Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

ii.

The Lord had said,

 

*John 14:23*  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

iii.

Like a child asking their mother,  “how much do you love me?”

a.       Unlimited answer

b.

That is what Jesus is answering here

c.       Jesus goes beyond the question to the heart of the matter

d.      Knowing the heart of Thaddaeus, one of love and obedience

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That love will be manifested