Jude Thaddeus

the other Judas of the Twelve

Who was Jude Thaddeus?

He was one of the Twelve: Matthew and Mark call him Thaddeus. Tradition identifies him with the one Luke calls “Judas the son of James.” Matthew 10:3; Luke 6:16
The Gospel of John tells that a Judas, “not the Iscariot,” asked Jesus a question at the Last Supper. Tradition says it was he. John 14:22

Matthew 10:3; Luke 6:16

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,

John 14:22

Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.