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- scarabin0
Actually, only Philip and Andrew are Greek names. The rest are Aramaic and Hebrew
Shim'on = Simon (Hebrew origin).
Y'hochanan = John (Hebrew origin).
Mattithyahu = Matthew (Hebrew origin).
Ya'aqov = James (Hebrew origin meaning Jacob).
Bar-Tôlmay = Bartholomew (Aramaic, which is related to Hebrew).
Judah = Jude / Saint Jude (not to be confused with Judas Iscariot, Hebrew origin).
Yehuda = Judas Iscariot (Hebrew origin, Betrayed Yeshua/Yehosua the Messiah).
Cephas / Kephas = Peter (Hebrew / Aramaic origin meaning "Rock").
Tau'ma = Thomas (Aramaic origin).
Andrew = Andrew (Greek origin. Is the brother of Cephas / Kephas).
Phillip = Phillip (Greek origin)- crazy how we get "James" from "Ya'aqov"scarabin
- A pedant writes: During the first and second century the names of the disciples would have been the Greek versions. Yes, the origins may be Hebrew but that's not the claim the Capt Pickard is making. ;)Morning_star
- the origins may be Hebrew but that's not the claim the Capt Pickard is making. ;)Morning_star
- The ones Picard lists aren't the Greek versions, though. For example "Matthew" would have been "Matthaios"scarabin
- ah NM i think i'm just confusing myselfscarabin
- Shim'on, as in like Michael Jackson?MrT