One of the Twelve
Judas, son of James
Luke’s list names Judas son of James. Matthew and Mark include Thaddaeus. Their usual identification with one another is a harmonization.
Let the text introduce them.
Begin with Luke 6; Matthew 10; Mark 3. Notice what the passage tells you, what it leaves unsaid, and what you may have brought to it from other retellings.
Read their story ↗Make room for an encounter.
What question would you bring to this person’s story? Read slowly enough to notice a detail you have passed over before.
Explore the people beside him ↗Sources: Luke 6; Matthew 10; Mark 3. Images are imagined reconstructions. Where the biblical text gives few details, we preserve that uncertainty.