Jude

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This article is about the person called Jude. Please see Book of Jude for further details on the Biblical Book.

= Judas, meaning "Praise of the Lord".

Among the apostles there were two who bore this name,

Judas Lebbaeus (Jude 1:1; Mt 13:55; Jn 14:22; Acts 1:13), called also Thaddaeus (Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18);
Judas Iscariot (Mt 10:4; Mk 3:19).

He who is called "the brother of James" (Lk 6:16), may be the same with the Judas surnamed Lebbaeus. The only thing recorded regarding him is in Jn 14:22.

Jude was sometimes called Lebbaeus Thaddeus (Mt 10:3, Mk 3:18) or Judas, brother of James, to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot (Lk 6:16).

He was the author of the Book of Jude and identifies himself as James' brother (Jude 1:1). He was included in the brethern of the lord who were known to the Galatians and the Corinthians. Several of them were married and they were not true believers in Christ until after the resurrection (1Cor 9:5; Gal 1:10; Jn 7:3ff; Acts 1:14). From Hegesippus, as related by Eusebius of CÃ¦sarea, we learn that Jude was said to have been the brother of the Lord according to the flesh and that two of his grandsons lived till the reign of Trajan. Legend has it that he evangelized Armenia and died there.