Joh 20:24 | RWP | e4.org | Didymus ( Διδυμος ). The same expression applied to Thomas in ; , but nowhere else in N.T. Old word for twin (double), "the pessimist of the apostolic band" (Bernard). The term twelve is still applied to the group, though Judas, the traitor, is dead.

‏ John 20:24

Didymus ( Διδυμος ). The same expression applied to Thomas in 11:16; 21:2, but nowhere else in N.T. Old word for twin (double), "the pessimist of the apostolic band" (Bernard). The term twelve is still applied to the group, though Judas, the traitor, is dead.