Thomas: Twin, one of the twelve
(Matthew 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.
