Bauckham makes the case that Thaddaeus and the son of James Judas, are the same person. Seven other individuals are named Thaddaios a Greek name, which during this period Jewish used. Such a name would be popular with Jews. The Jewish people were known to bear both Semitic and that of the Greek names. In that case, there would not be strange about an individual called Judas, in Greek or Yehudah, in Hebrew nor Thaddaeus in Greek or Taddai in Hebrew. A member of the twelve named Judas would have to be notably differ from Judas Iscariot in many ways. This could be done by referring to his procreator or by using a Greek
