Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James.” Thus the memo begins. The name Jude (Judas) is the Greek form of the well-known Old Testament name Judah. It occurs frequently in the New Testament. Indeed, Jesus actually had two disciples named Judas. The one went out into infamy; the other (Luke 6:16; John 14:22; Acts 1:1) went out into obscurity. The author of this letter is careful to describe himself as “the brother of James.” That self-description precludes the
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