Bible Character Studies
Thaddaeus
First appears at Matthew 10:3
First named in Scripture at Matthew 10:3 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
breast, the name of one of the apostles (Mark 3:18), called “Lebbaeus” in Matthew 10:3, and in Luke 6:16, “Judas the brother of James;” while John (14:22), probably referring to the same person, speaks of “Judas, not Iscariot.” These different names all designate the same person, viz., Jude or Judas, the author of the epistle.
