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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Saint Thomas apparently died a martyr’s death. The story goes, furious Brahmins pierced the Apostle with a lance,
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It was not uncommon for the men of northern Galilee in those days to carry three names, one Hebrew, one Greek and one Aramaic.
Thomas=Tau’ma, the Aramaic for twin, is also called Didymus, which is the Greek for twin, he is Thomas/twin, Didymus/twin, Jude, who is said to be the brother of Jesus, the son of the carpenter.
Matthew 13: 55-56; Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers? Aren't all his sisters living here?
Excerpts from “The Acts of Thomas-Wikipedia.”
Acts of Thomas is a series of episodic Acts (Latin passio) that occurred during the evangelistic mission of Judas Thomas ("Judas the Twin") to India. It ends with his martyrdom: he dies pierced with spears, having earned the ire of the monarch Misdaeus (Vasudeva I) because of his conversion of Misdaeus' wives and a relative, Charisius. He was imprisoned while converting Indian followers won through the performing of miracles.
Thomas is often referred to by his name Judas (his full name is Thomas Judas Didymus), since both Thomas and Didymus just mean twin, and several scholars believe that twin is just a description, and not intended as a name. The manuscripts end "The acts of Judas Thomas the apostle are completed, which he did in India, fulfilling the commandment of him that sent him. Unto whom be glory, world without end. Amen."
A local tradition of eastern Syria identifies the Apostle Jude with Jude Thomas who was called ‘The Twin’ also known as Thomas (Aramaic), Didymus (Greek), and Jude (Hebrew.)
Knowing that in ART, Thomas Didymus Jude, the son or adopted son of Joseph/Alphaeus/Cleophas, is depicted with a, carpenter’s rule and square.
In "The Acts of Thomas, sometimes called by its full name, "The Acts of Judas Thomas," 2nd-3rd century CE, "The Apostles cast lots as to where they should go, and to Thomas, brother to Jesus fell India. Thomas was taken to King Goddophares the ruler of Indo-Pathian Kingdom as an architect and carpenter by Habban.”
Jude, the brother of the Lord according to the flesh, both having the same father, Joseph-Cleophas-Alphaeus, who was the son of Alexander Helios/Heli, and Thomas-Jude, was called the apostle of many names, as he was also called Thaddaeus and Lebbaeus, the Greek and Aramaic words for ‘courageous.’ So, Jude the brother of the Lord is the courageous apostle called ‘The Twin,’ and he should not be confused with the apostle whose actual name was ‘Thomas.’
‘We must now ask the question, "Who is the Carpenter to whom Mary was married at that time, when her family consisted of Jesus, James the younger, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Was it Joseph the son of Jacob from the tribe of Judah, who was her first legitimate husband, or was it Joseph/Alphaeus/Cleophas, the second husband of Mary and the Father of James the younger, the biological son of Mary and the youngest boy in the family, plus Simon and Judas, who is also called Thomas Didymus Jude, meaning twin?
Joseph, was the son of Heli=Alexander Helios III, a father of renown, who Herod the Great had murdered, was also called Cleophas, which is the masculine form of the female ‘Cleopatra’, and Cleophas is the Greek for “Of a renown father”, Joseph was also called ‘Alphaeus’ the Aramaic for “Of a renown father”.
Hegesippus, mentions descendants of Jude living in the reign of Domitian, 81-96 AD.
In his book, “Historia Ecclesiae” Eusebius wrote; “But when the same Domitian had commanded the descendants of David should be slain, an ancient tradition says that some of the heretics brought accusations against the descendants of Jude (Said to have been a brother of the saviour according to the flesh) on the grounds that they were of the lineage of David and were related to Christ himself.
Hegesippus relates these facts in the following words; “Of the family of the Lord there were still living the grandchildren of Jude (The Twin) who is said to have been the Lord’s brother according to the flesh.
Although the bible calls Thomas Jude, ‘The twin,” it is not known if he was an actual twin, or if he simply held a striking resemblance to one of the sons in the house hold of Mary and the carpenter, Joseph/Alpheaus/Cleophas.
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