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( Èáääáῖïò ; Vulg. Thaddceus), a name in Mark's catalogue of the twelve apostles (Mar_3:18) in the great majority of MSS. In Matthew's catalogue (10, 3) the corresponding place is assigned to Èáääáῖïò by the Vatican MS. (B), and the Sinaitic ( à ), and to Ëåââáῖïò by the Codex Bezae (D); while the received text, following the first correction of the Codex Ephraemi (C)- where the original reading is doubtful as well as many fragmentary uncial and several cursive MSS., reads Ëåââáῖïò ὁ ἑ ðéêëçèåὶò èáääáῖïò . We are probably to infer that Ëåââáῖïò alone is the original reading of Mat_10:3, and Èáääáῖïò of Mar_3:18 (so Tischendorf; but Tregelles has Èáääáῖïò in both passages). By these two evangelists the tenth place among the apostles is given to Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, the eleventh place being given to Simon the Canaanite. Luke, in both his catalogues (Mar_6:15; Act_1:13), places Simon Zelotes tenth among the apostles, and assigns the eleventh place to É᾿ïýäáò É᾿áêώâïõ . As the other names recorded by Luke are identical with those which appear (though in a different order) in the first two gospels, it seems scarcely possible to doubt that the three names of Jilas, Lebbeus, and Thaddaeus were borne by one and the same person. SEE JUDE; SEE LEBBEUS; SEE THADDAEI ACTA and SEE EVANGELIUM.