What happened to "Thad"?

eric/cindy bach

thebachs@fgi.net

Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:28:18 -0500

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDECCA.011D7AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable BACH Forgive me if this is old news, but I'm new to the list! Mark 3:18 lists = Thaddaeus as one of the original 12 apostles. So does Matthew 10:3 = ,with the footnote that Thaddaeus was also called Lebbaeus.(RSV) Luke = 6:13-16, however, _doesn't_ include Thaddaeus/Lebbaeus, but in verse 16 = states that "Judas the son of James" was one of the original 12. = (....without saying whether this Judas was the son of "James, the son = of Zebedee", or "James, the son of Alphaeus.") =20 I can't find anything at all in my Cruden's concordance about old = Thaddaeus, but I can find references to both Judas Iscariot and some = other Judas' obviously NOT Iscariot. My questions, then, are these: = What happened to poor old Thaddaeus, who was this "other" Judas, and = what does this very obvious discrepancy say about the gospels all = agreeing with each other? =20 Isn't this one of the most basic pieces of information that the inerrant = Word of God should be able to get right? I mean here's this "inspired = truth" that centers around Jesus and his 12 buddies wandering around = doing their thing, and yet the bible can only agree on the names = (although not nicknames) of 11 of the twelve! =20 There's a lot more to this, but I will leave it here for now. "Bones" Bach thebachs@fgi.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDECCA.011D7AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">

BACH

Forgive me if = this is old=20 news, but I'm new to the list! Mark 3:18 lists=20 Thaddaeus as one of the original 12 apostles. So does Matthew 10:3 = ,with=20 the footnote that Thaddaeus was also called Lebbaeus.(RSV) Luke = 6:13-16,=20 however, _doesn't_ include Thaddaeus/Lebbaeus, but in verse 16 states = that=20 "Judas the son of James" was one of the original 12. = (....without=20 saying whether this Judas was the son of "James, the son of=20 Zebedee", or "James, the son of Alphaeus.") =

I can't find anything at all in my = Cruden's=20 concordance about old Thaddaeus, but I can find references to both Judas = Iscariot and some other Judas' obviously NOT Iscariot. My = questions, then,=20 are these: What happened to poor old Thaddaeus, who was this=20 "other" Judas, and what does this very obvious discrepancy say = about=20 the gospels all agreeing with each other?

Isn't this one of the most basic = pieces of=20 information that the inerrant Word of God should be able to get = right? I=20 mean here's this "inspired truth" that centers around Jesus = and his 12=20 buddies wandering around doing their thing, and yet the bible can only = agree on=20 the names (although not nicknames) of 11 of the twelve! =20

There's a lot more to this, but I = will leave it=20 here for now.

"Bones" Bach

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