Judas Iscariot is best known for betraying Jesus with 30 pieces of silver. This page looks more closely at who he was and what led him to do so.
People From the Bible
Who Is Thaddeus, the Disciple?
Thaddeus (or Thaddaeus) is one of the more unique and obscure figures among Jesus Christ’s disciples in the New Testament. Though we know little about him from the Bible or tradition, we do know that he went by a few names, specifically Thaddeus, Lebbaeus, and Judas of James.
Matthew—From Tax Collector to Jesus’ Disciple
In the first book of the New Testament, we find the Gospel story from the perspective of Matthew. He was a Jewish tax collector from Capernaum in the first century AD, and he was likely despised by fellow Jews for choosing that profession.
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