Judas the son of James

Judas means: :Jehovah leads”

John 14:22 “Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?””

Historian Jerome call him Trinomious: three names

Matthew 10:3 “Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;”

Thaddaeus means: breast child

Lebbaeus means: Heart child

Could have been a nickname of derision

Indicates a child-like personallity

Our one encounter with this Judas

John 14:21 “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.””

John 14:22 “Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?””

The question: Why just us?

The narrative: Not brash or hateful, not rebuking

The obvious expectation of an earthly kingdom was as much on his mind as Simon the Zealot

Jesus’ reply was just as tender as the question

John 14:23 “Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”

Judas was still thinking in a political and material realm

Most of the early tradition regarding Lebbaeus Thaddaeus suggests that a few years after Pentecost, he took the gospel north, to Edessa, a royal city in Mesopotamia, in the region of Turkey today.

There are numerous ancient accounts of how he healed the king of Edessa, a man named Abgar.

In the fourth century, Eusebius the historian said the archives at Edessa (now destroyed) contained full records of Thaddaeus’s visit and the healing of Abgar.

The traditional apostolic symbol of Judas Lebbaeus Thaddaeus is a club, because tradition says he was clubbed to death for his faith.