(March 19, 2019 at 3:20 pm)Drich Wrote: sport, give me the benefit of the doubt.. If i say something that seems way way too obvious then maybe look a little deeper or ask a question... Thomas being a brother of Christ was a gnostic teaching/pov. however in mark Jesus' sibblings where named James, Joseph (Joses), Judas (Jude), and Simon as brothers of Jesus (Greek: ἀδελφοὶ, translit. adelphoi, lit. 'brothers').[1] Also mentioned, but not named, are sisters of Jesus. Some scholars[who?] argue that these brothers, especially James,[2] held positions of special honor in the early Christian church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus
Which again would make all of jesus brother and sister's half brothers and sisters as their father was joseph.
Yes, siblings were named in Mark but Thomas and Didymus were not names and there is also Gospel of Thomas that begins "These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke. And Didymus Judas Thomas wrote them down." In the original Greek version, it is written: "Judas, who is also called Thomas."
So the actual name is Didymus Judas Thomas - Judas, the twin.
