Just as Hitler pretty much killed the toothbrush mustache, Judas Iscariot sort of killed the name Judas; so much so that even the people in the Bible didn’t want to include the name for fear people would associate it with that Judas. Case in point: that other apostle, Judas. Matthew and Mark call him Thaddeus; John calls him Judas not Iscariot; and Luke calls him Jude. Jude is what people know him as today.
Jude may or may not have wrote the Epistle of Jude; he also may or may not have been the brother of Jesus. He could have also been a cousin.
He may or may not have been vegetarian’s best friend, because many traditions say he didn’t eat meat. Jude the vegetarian stems from a work by Hegesippus, who said he that Jude did not drink alcohol or eat meat. Don’t go running to your local library to dig up Hegesippus—his work is almost entirely lost, with the exception of a few quotes that Eusebius uses.
Jude is best known to Christians as the guy who asked a question. In John 14:22, he says during the Last Supper, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” (NIV)
According to tradition, Jude was martyred with Simon the Zealot.
Jude may or may not have wrote the Epistle of Jude; he also may or may not have been the brother of Jesus. He could have also been a cousin.
He may or may not have been vegetarian’s best friend, because many traditions say he didn’t eat meat. Jude the vegetarian stems from a work by Hegesippus, who said he that Jude did not drink alcohol or eat meat. Don’t go running to your local library to dig up Hegesippus—his work is almost entirely lost, with the exception of a few quotes that Eusebius uses.
Jude is best known to Christians as the guy who asked a question. In John 14:22, he says during the Last Supper, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” (NIV)
According to tradition, Jude was martyred with Simon the Zealot.
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