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Bible Verses About Thaddaeus The Apostle

Early Christian writings clearly treat Thaddaeus as one of the apostles, but the material here is thin on anything beyond that. The clearest witness is the Apostolic Constitutions, which names him as "Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus" and lists him among the apostles. The Bible passages in Matthew and Mark also name Thaddaeus in the Twelve, with Acts giving the parallel apostolic list that includes Judas son of James.

There is not enough direct early Christian teaching here to build a fuller picture of his life, ministry, or later memory.

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26 references

Foundation Texts

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Directly names Thaddaeus in the apostolic list

And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

Directly names Thaddaeus in the apostolic list

Supporting Passages

And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

Luke lists Judas son of James, which may overlap naming traditions but is not explicit here

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

Judas not Iscariot, not explicitly Thaddaeus in this card

He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

About Judas Iscariot

Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

Partial apostolic list but not Thaddaeus in excerpt

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

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Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

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And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

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And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Parallel apostolic list that matches the Twelve context

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

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And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.

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And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

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And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

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And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

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But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

About Paul's reception by apostles, not Thaddaeus

For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

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And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.