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Didymus
(Gr. twin = Heb. Thomas, q.v.), John 11:16; John 20:24; John 21:2.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- John 11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
- John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- John 21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.