This document is about Judas (Thaddaeus). For other homonyms, please refer to the Judas document.
[See Twelve Disciples]
He is one of Jesus' twelve disciples. In Matthew and Mark, he appears under the name 'Thaddaeus,
Matt 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;Matt 10:3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Mark 3:18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
In Luke and Acts, he appears as Judas, son of James, and these two are considered to be the same person.
Luke 6:16and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.