Topic
Didymus
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- John 11:16Easton · Smith
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
- John 20:24Easton · Smith
¶ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- John 21:2Easton · Smith
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.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(Gr. twin = Heb. Thomas, q.v.), John 11:16; 20:24; 21:2.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
did'-i-mus (Didumos, i.e. "twin"): The surname of THOMAS (which see).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.