Matthias wasn’t an additional apostle so much as a replacement apostle.
If you lose a tooth and it is replaced, you still have the same number of teeth.
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One of the original 12 is named Jude, and needs to be distinguished from Judas the betrayer. He is a brother of James the Lesser and is often associated with Simon the Zealot.
One of the original 12 is named Jude, and needs to be distinguished from Judas the betrayer. He is a brother of James the Lesser and is often associated with Simon the Zealot.
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