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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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which, howerer, we wonld not derive, as is<br />

commonly done, from thad, <strong>the</strong> '^female breast,'<br />

bat, following <strong>the</strong> analogy cf <strong>the</strong> Jewish name<br />

Thodahy from Upraise*^ In that case both<br />

LebbsBus <strong>and</strong> ThaddaBns wonld point to <strong>the</strong><br />

heartiness <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> thanksgiving <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Apostle, <strong>and</strong><br />

hence to his character. St. Lnke simply designates<br />

him Judas <strong>of</strong> James, which means that he was<br />

«pt. T4dn <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r (less probably, <strong>the</strong> son) <strong>of</strong><br />

James.* Thus hie real name<br />

oomp.' wonld have been Jndas Lebbedos, <strong>and</strong> his<br />

surname Thaddasna. Closdy<br />

siT. sf connected with <strong>the</strong>se two we have in all <strong>the</strong><br />

Gh>spels, Simon, sumamed Zelotes or CanansBan<br />

(not Canaanite), both terms indicating his original<br />

^wn.iT. connection with <strong>the</strong> Galilean Zealot party,<br />

<strong>the</strong> ' Zealots for <strong>the</strong> Law.'^ His position in <strong>the</strong><br />

Apostolic Catalogue, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> testimony <strong>of</strong><br />

Hegesippus,^ seem to point him out as <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong>

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