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Summary
- Jude is a biblical name: an English form of Judas, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehudah, or Judah, the son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29:35).
- English Bibles use Jude mainly for the writer of the Letter of Jude, who calls himself “brother of James”; the King James Version keeps Judas for the same name elsewhere.
- Luke names an apostle “Judas the son of James,” and John 14:22 calls him “Judas (not Iscariot)”; Matthew and Mark list Thaddaeus in his place.
- A brother of Jesus named Judas appears in Matthew 13:55, and the writer of the letter is usually identified with him.
- The Letter of Jude has 25 verses and quotes 1 Enoch 1:9; Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian treated it as Scripture around 200, though others doubted it.
- Saint Jude’s feast is 28 October in the Western Church, and Catholics know him as the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Jude,” “Judas” and “Judah,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/jude
- Online Etymology Dictionary, “Jew.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/Jew
- Wiktionary, “Jude” (German). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jude#German
- Eusebius, Church History, book 3, chapters 20 and 25, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 1. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm
- Jerome, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men), chapter 4, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 3. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm
- Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women, book 1, chapter 3, in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0402.htm
- Origen, De Principiis, book 3, chapter 2, in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04123.htm
- “Epistle of Jude,” Wikipedia, on the letter’s date, sources and reception. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_of_Jude
- “Jude the Apostle,” Wikipedia, on feast days and his patronage, citing the Oxford Dictionary of Saints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle
- “St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version (Jude 1, 3, 4, 14, 24–25; Genesis 29:35; Luke 6:16; John 14:22; Matthew 13:55). King James Version: Jude 1, Luke 6:16, John 14:22, Mark 6:3. Wycliffe Bible and 1599 Geneva Bible: Jude 1. Reina-Valera 1960, Russian Synodal Version and Louis Segond checked at Jude 1, Luke 6:16 and John 14:22. References: Acts 1:13; Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Jude 5–7, 9, 11.
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