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Matthew 10:3

There were Philip and Bartholomew and Thomas. There was Matthew, the man who gathered taxes. There were James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeaus, and

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alpheus (Alphaeus);   Apostles;   Bartholomew;   James;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lebbaeus;   Matthew;   Philip;   Publicans;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bartholomew;   James;   Judas;   Levi, Son of Jacob;   Matthew;   Nathanael;   Philip;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Publicans;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Alphaeus;   Apostle;   Bartholomew;   James;   Judas;   Matthew;   Miracle;   Philip;   Thomas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bartholemew;   James the apostle;   Judas;   Levi;   Matthew;   Philip;   Tax collector;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apostle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alphaeus;   Apostle;   Bartholomew;   Cleopas;   Cleophas;   James;   Jude;   Jude, Epistle of;   Lebbaeus;   Peter;   Philip;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alphaeus;   Bartholomew;   Gospels;   James;   Jude;   Lebbaeus;   Matthew;   Peter;   Philip the Apostle;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alphaeus;   Bar;   Bartholomew;   Disciples;   James;   Judas;   Lebbeus;   Matthew;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mission(s);   Philip;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alphaeus;   Atonement;   Bartholomew;   Brethren of the Lord;   Cleopas;   Judas;   Matthew (Apostle);   Mss;   Nathanael;   Philip;   Text of the New Testament;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alphaeus ;   Apostles;   Bartholomew ;   Brethren of the Lord (2);   Discourse;   James ;   John (the Apostle);   Lebbaeus;   Mary;   Matthew ;   Philip ;   Popularity ;   Sea of Galilee;   Surname;   Thomas;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alphaeus ;   Apostle;   Bartholomew ;   James, Son of Alphaeus;   Judas ;   Lebbaeus ;   Matthew ;   Philip ;   Publicans;   Surname;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - James;   Judas;   Lebbeus;   Matthew;   Thaddaeus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apostle;   Bartholomew;   James;   Judas;   Philip;   Thomas;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Alphae'us;   Apostle;   Barthol'omew;   James;   Jude,;   Nathan'ael;   Pe'ter;   Phil'ip;   Thadde'us,;   Thom'as;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Alpheus;   Bartholomew;   Philip;   Thomas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Twelve Apostles, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alphaeus;   Bartholomew;   James;   Judas;   Judas of James;   Lebbaeus;   Mary;   Matthew;   Peter, the First Epistle of;   Philip (2);   Tax;   Thaddaeus;   Thomas;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alphaeus;   Apostle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bartholomew;   James;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
King James Version (1611)
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus:
King James Version
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
English Standard Version
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
New American Standard Bible
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
New Century Version
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Amplified Bible
Philip and Bartholomew (Nathanael); Thomas and Matthew (Levi) the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas, not Iscariot);
Geneva Bible (1587)
Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Legacy Standard Bible
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Berean Standard Bible
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Contemporary English Version
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus were also apostles.
Complete Jewish Bible
Philip and Bar-Talmai, T'oma and Mattityahu the tax-collector, Ya‘akov Bar-Halfai and Taddai,
Darby Translation
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;
Easy-to-Read Version
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, the tax collector, James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus,
George Lamsa Translation
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus surnamed Thaddaeus;
Good News Translation
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Lexham English Bible
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus,
Literal Translation
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbaeus, whose last name was Thaddaeus,
American Standard Version
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Bible in Basic English
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Hebrew Names Version
Pilipos; Bar-Talmai; T'oma; Mattityahu, the tax collector; Ya`akov the son of Halfai; and Lebbai, whose surname was Taddi;
International Standard Version
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
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Etheridge Translation
and Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai the tribute-gatherer, and Jakubbar-Chalphai, and Labi who was surnamed Thadai,
Murdock Translation
and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Thomas, and Matthew the publican; and James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was called Thaddeus;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Philip, & Bartholomewe, Thomas and Matthewe, which [had ben] a Publicane, Iames, ye [sonne] of Alphee, & Lebbeus, whose surname was Taddeus,
English Revised Version
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
World English Bible
Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew, the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;
Weymouth's New Testament
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thomas, and Matheu, pupplican; and James Alfey, and Tadee;
Update Bible Version
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Webster's Bible Translation
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James [the son] of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;
New English Translation
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
New King James Version
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was [fn] Thaddaeus;
New Living Translation
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus,
New Revised Standard
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Philip, and Bartholomew, - Thomas, and Matthew, the tax-collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus;
Douay-Rheims Bible
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
Revised Standard Version
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Philip and Bartlemew. Thomas and Mathew the Publican. Iames the sonne of Alphe and Lebbeus otherwyse called Taddeus.
Young's Literal Translation
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Philip and Bartlemew. Thomas, and Mathew the Publican. Iames the sonne of Alphe, and Lebbeus otherwyse called Taddeus.
Mace New Testament (1729)
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alpheus, and Labbeus, whose sirname was Thaddeus, Simon the zelot,
Simplified Cowboy Version
Phillip and Bart (sometimes called Bartholomew); Thomas and the tax collector Matthew; Alphaeus's boy James, and Thad (also called Thaddaeus by his grandma);

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus called His twelve followers to Him. He gave them power to put out demons and to heal all kinds of sickness and disease. 2 These are the names of the twelve followers. There were Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John who were the sons of Zebedee. 3 There were Philip and Bartholomew and Thomas. There was Matthew, the man who gathered taxes. There were James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeaus, and 4 Simon the Canaanite. There was Judas Iscariot who handed Jesus over to be killed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Philip: Mark 3:18, Luke 6:14, John 1:43-46, John 6:5-7, John 12:21, John 12:22, John 14:9

Thomas: Luke 6:15, John 11:16, John 20:24-29, John 21:2

Matthew: Matthew 9:9, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27, Levi, Luke 6:15, Acts 1:13

James: Matthew 27:56, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15, Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13, Acts 12:17, Acts 15:13, Acts 21:18, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, James 1:1

Lebbaeus: Mark 3:18, Luke 6:16, Judas the brother of James, John 14:22, Judas, not Iscariot, Acts 1:13, Jude 1:1

Reciprocal: John 1:44 - Philip

Cross-References

Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a flag in the land! Sound the horn among the nations! Make the nations ready to fight against Babylon. Call against her the nations of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a captain to go against her. Bring up the horses like many locusts.
Ezekiel 27:14
Men of Beth-togarmah paid for your good things with horses, war horses, and mules.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Philip and Bartholomew,.... The first of these was called next; his name is a Greek one, which his parents, though Jews, might take from the Greeks that dwelt among them, see John 12:20 mention is made of one R. Phelipi, and Phulipa, in the Jewish writings q. The latter of these, Bartholomew, is conjectured, by Dr. Lightfoot, to be the same with Nathanael, he being called next in order after Philip; and that his name was Nathanael, בר תלמי, "Bar Talmai", or "the son of Talmai", or "Ptolomy": a name once common to the kings of Egypt: so Talmai, king of Geshur, is by the Septuagint, in 2 Samuel 3:3

2 Samuel 13:37 called Tholmi, and in 1 Chronicles 3:2 Tholmai: hence it appears, that Bartholomew is no other than Bartholmi, or the son of Tholmi. We read of one R. Jonathan, בן אבטולמוס, "ben Abtolemus", in the Talmud r, whether the same name with this, may be considered.

Thomas, and Matthew the publican: by the other evangelists Matthew is mentioned first; but he being the writer of this Gospel, puts Thomas first, which is an instance of his modesty; and also calls himself the "publican", which the other do not: this he mentions, to magnify the grace of God in his vocation. The Jews s speak of

מתאי, "Matthai", or "Matthew", as a disciple of Jesus. Thomas was sometimes called Didymus; the one was his Hebrew, the other his Greek name, and both signify a "twin", as it is very likely he was: mention is made of R. Thoma, or Thomas bar Papias, in a Jewish writer t. Next follow,

James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus: the former of these is so called, to distinguish him from James, the son of Zebedee. This is the James, who was the brother of our Lord, Galatians 1:19 and is called "James the less", Mark 15:40. Alphaeus his father, is the same with Cleopas, Luke 24:18 or Cleophas,

John 19:25. The Hebrew name, חלפי, which often occurs among the Jews u, may be pronounced either Chlophi, or Alphi, or with the Greek termination Cleopas, or Alphaeus. The latter of this pair of apostles is the same person with Jude, the writer of the epistle, which bears that name, and was the brother of James, with whom he is coupled: he was called Lebbaeus, either from the town of Lebba, a sea coast town of Galilee, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks; or from the Hebrew word לבי, "my heart", as others, either for his prudence, or through the affections of his parents to him; as the Latins call one they love, "meum corculum", "my little heart"; or from לביא, "a lion", that being the motto of the tribe of Judah. His surname Thaddaeus, is thought by some to be a deflexion of Jude; or Judas, and as coming from the same root, ידה, which signifies "to praise", or "give thanks"; or from the Syriac word, תד, "a breast", and may be so called for the same reason as he was Lebbaeus. Frequent mention is made of this name, תדיא, "Thaddai", or "Thaddaeus", among the Talmudic w doctors. The Jews themselves speak x of one תודה, "Thodah", as a disciple of Jesus, by whom no doubt they mean this same disciple. Eusebius y mentions one Thaddaeus, as one of the seventy disciples, who was sent to Agbarus, king of Edessa, who was healed and converted by him. This Agbarus is reported to have wrote a letter to Jesus Christ, desiring him to come and cure him of his disease; to which Christ is said to return an answer, promising to send one of his disciples, who should do it; and that accordingly, after Christ's death, Thomas sent this Thaddaeus to him.

q Massechet Sopherim, c. 21. sect. 7. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 71. fol. 63. 4. r T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 19. 1. s T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 43. 1. t Juchasin, fol. 105. 2. u Echa Rabbati, fol. 58. 4. Midrash Kohelet, fol. 60. 4. Juchasin, fol. 92. 1. w T. Hieros. Celaim, fol. 27. 2. Sabbat, fol. 6. 1. Erubim, fol. 23. 3. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 123. 1. & Erubim, fol. 71. 2. Juchasin, fol. 81. 1. & 105. 2. & 108. 1. x T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 43. l. y Eccl. Hist. l. 1. c. 12, 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Philip and Bartholomew - These two were probably sent out together. Philip was a native of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. He is not the same as Philip the evangelist, mentioned in Acts 6:5; Acts 21:8. Bartholomew (literally, “the son of Tolmai”).

Thomas - Literally, “a twin,” in reference to which he is also called “Didymus,” John 11:16. For his character, see the notes at John 20:25. “And Matthew the publican.” See the notes at Matthew 9:9. “James the son of Alpheus.” See the note above.

And Lebbeus, called Thaddeus - These two words have the same signification in Hebrew. Luke calls him “Judas,” by a slight change from the name “Thaddeus.” Such changes are common in all writings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:3. Bartholomew — Many are of opinion that this was Nathanael, mentioned John 1:46, whose name was probably Nathanael bar Talmai, Nathanael, the son of Talmai: here, his own name is repressed, and he is called Bar Talmai, or Bartholomew, from his father.

Matthew the publican — The writer of this history. See the preface.

James the son of Alpheus — This person was also called Cleopas, or Clopas, Luke 24:18; John 19:25. He had married Mary, sister to the blessed Virgin, John 19:25.


 
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