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# Judas the son of James #
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## Facts: ##
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Judas son of James was one of Jesus' twelve apostles. Note that he was not the same man as Judas Iscariot.
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* Often in the Bible, men with the same name were distinguished by mentioning whose son they were. Here, Judas was identified as the "son of James."
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* Another man named Judas was Jesus' brother. He was also known as "Jude."
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* The New Testament book called "Jude" was probably written by Jesus' brother Judas, since the author identified himself as the "brother of James." James was another brother of Jesus.
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* It is also possible that the book of Jude was written by Jesus' disciple, Judas, the son of James.
(Translation suggestions: [Translate Names ](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names ))
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(See also: [James (son of Zebedee) ](../other/jamessonofzebedee.md ), [Judas Iscariot ](../other/judasiscariot.md ), [son ](../kt/son.md ), [the twelve ](../kt/thetwelve.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Acts 01:12-14 ](en/tn/act/help/01/12 )
* [Luke 06:14-16 ](en/tn/luk/help/06/14 )
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