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The Definition of the word Thomas

Thomas

Twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was "also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the Greek" equivalent of the Hebrew name. All we know regarding him is "recorded in the fourth Gospel (John 11:15, 16; 14:4, 5; 20:24," "25, 26-29). From the circumstance that in the lists of the" "apostles he is always mentioned along with Matthew, who was the" "son of Alphaeus (Mark 3:18), and that these two are always" "followed by James, who was also the son of Alphaeus, it has been" "supposed that these three, Matthew, Thomas, and James, were" brothers.


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