Jude

Person

Jude (the English form of Judas) identifies himself at the opening of the epistle bearing his name as "a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James," which most interpreters take to mean he was a brother of Jesus, as James was also a brother of the Lord. Like his brother James, Jude apparently did not believe in Jesus during his earthly ministry but became a follower after the resurrection. He is listed among the brothers of Jesus named in the Synoptic Gospels and may be the "Judas not Iscariot" who questioned Jesus at the Last Supper, though this identification is uncertain.